A history of the Arctic nature, exploration and exploitation

✍ Scribed by McCannon, John

Publisher: Reaktion
Year: 2012;2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 352
Category: Library

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✦ Subjects

Climatology;Discoveries in geography;Ecology;Geopolitics;Geopolitics--Arctic regions;Geopolitik;Polarexpeditioner;Electronic books;History;Geopolitics -- Arctic regions;Arctic regions -- History;Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- History;Arctic regions -- Climate;Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions;Arctic Regions;Arktis -- historia

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