The Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole

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McClelland and Stewart, 1973 - Arctic regions - 365 pages

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Contents

Foreword
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Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorations 185355
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Index 351
Copyright

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About the author (1973)

Farley Mowat's nearly forty books have sold millions of copies & have been published in more than twenty languages. His books include "Never Cry Wolf", "Sea of Slaughter", "The Farfarers", "People of the Deer", "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be", "The Desperate People", & "Ordeal by Ice".

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole
Volume 2 of Top of the world, Farley Mowat
AuthorFarley Mowat
Editionreprint, revised
PublisherMcClelland and Stewart, 1973
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMar 31, 2009
ISBN0771066228, 9780771066221
Length365 pages
  
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