The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
by:
Pierre Berton (author)
Pierre Berton,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pierre Berton,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670824915 (0670824917)
Publish date: November 1st 1988
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 672
Edition language: English
I think sub titles for books like this should “White Men Doing Stupid Things When They Should Have Asked Natives Instead”. Because honestly, it would have been much easier if they had just followed the Inuit. This massive book is about the discovery and exploration of...
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