Arctic labyrinth: the quest for the Northwest Passage
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Beteilige Person: Williams, Glyndwr 1932- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 2010
Ausgabe:1. Univ. of California Press ed.
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Abstract:The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage--an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia--obsessed explorers for centuries. Until recently these channels were hopelessly choked by impassible ice. Voyagers faced unimaginable horrors--entire ships crushed, mass starvation, disabling frostbite, even cannibalism--in pursuit of a futile goal. Glyn Williams charts the entire sweep of this extraordinary history, from the tiny, woefully equipped vessels of the first Tudor expeditions to the twentieth-century ventures that finally opened the Passage.
Beschreibung:Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xix, 439 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) 24 cm