The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
by:
Pierre Berton (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140116809 (014011680X)
Publish date: December 1st 1989
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 672
Edition language: English
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