Arctic Obsession
eBook - ePub

Arctic Obsession

The Lure of the Far North

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Arctic Obsession

The Lure of the Far North

About this book

The epic history of the explorers and adventurers who risked -- and sometimes lost -- their lives in the quest to conquer and claim the Arctic.
Ever since approximately 325 BC, the Arctic has been the backdrop for tales of triumph and disaster, of hardship and horrors endured by those who were drawn to the northern latitudes. For centuries the major world powers sponsored teams of explorers seeking trade routes as well as the chance to claim new territories. These commercial interests brought them into contact with natives, who at first saw white crews die in the forbidding landscape they called home only to later succumb to disease, alcohol, and the drastic environmental changes wrought by global trade.
At a time when global warming is drastically altering the region, Arctic Obsession chronicles an age when the Arctic remained one of the last unconquered places on Earth.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. The Song of the Siren
  6. Introduction The Arctic: Who Is She?
  7. 1 Earliest Explorations
  8. 2 Eastern Thrusts to Cathay
  9. 3 First Western Thrusts
  10. 4 The Hudson Tragedy
  11. 5 A Dane at Hudson Bay
  12. 6 Russians in the Arctic
  13. 7 The Franklin Tragedy
  14. 8 Americans of the Arctic
  15. 9 The Scandinavians
  16. 10 Canary in the Cage
  17. 11 People and Politics
  18. Bibliography
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Notes
  21. Index
  22. Copyright