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Polar extremes : the world of Lincoln Ellsworth / Beekman H. Pool.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pool, Beekman H., 1909-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951.
- Ellsworth, Lincoln.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- United States.
- Polar regions--Discovery and exploration.
- Polar regions.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic regions--Aerial exploration.
- Arctic regions.
- Arctic Regions.
- Antarctica--Aerial exploration.
- Antarctica.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1. The Long Road North 19
- 2. The Big Trip 39
- 3. On the Ice 59
- 4. Undeclared Race 75
- 5. First Crossing of the Polar Sea 99
- 6. This Hero Business 129
- 7. Friends in Need 141
- 8. Plans and Diversions 149
- 9. Antarctica
- Maiden Voyage 171
- 10. A Job to Do 189
- 11. Claiming Antarctica 219
- 12. Dreams Only 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1889963437
- 1889963445
- OCLC:
- 49679634
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