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To the end of the earth : our epic journey to the North Pole and the legend of Peary and Henson / Tom Avery.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avery, Tom, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955.
- Henson, Matthew Alexander.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- African American explorers--Biography.
- African American explorers.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- North Pole.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- A polar explorer describes his efforts to recreate Robert Peary's 1909 dogsled journey to the North Pole, describing the hardships and dangers he and his team faced and comparing their modern journey to Peary's trip one hundred years ago.
- Contents:
- Map of North Pole
- The man with two toes
- Arctic monkeys
- Northern exposure
- Breaking the ice
- The last place on earth
- Cold war
- Snow patrol
- On thin ice
- On top of the world
- True North
- Expedition log.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G634 .A93 2009 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Dust jacket retained. Photocopy of book review laid in.
- ISBN:
- 9780312551865
- 031255186X
- OCLC:
- 262885878
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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