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Autore |
Sturm Matthew |
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Finding the Arctic [[electronic resource] ] : history and culture along a 2,500-mile snowmobile journey from Alaska to Hudson's Bay / / Matthew Sturm |
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Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Snowmobiling - Arctic regions |
Electronic books. |
Arctic regions Description and travel |
Arctic regions History |
Arctic regions Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 01. Tracks North; Ballad of the Arctic Science Bandits; Changes North; 02. Rosebud Realities; Quest's Older Cousin-The Iditarod; 03. Porcupine Hospitality; Quarantine Island; 04. Poignant Passing:The Mad Trapper of Rat River; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River?; 05. Big Mac; Snow and Ice Roads; 06. Finding the Douglas Cabin; Black Lake Ice; The Shield and the Cordilleran; Fort Confidence; 07. The Northern Cross; 08. Kugluktuk; Inuksuk; Sea Ice Going, Going, Gone; 09. The Starvation Trail; 10. The Diamond Confluence |
The Complex Calculus of Barrenlands Diamond MiningThe Oldest Rocks in the World; 11. Braided Strands: The First Interloper; Whiteout on Aylmer Lake; Whiteout on Aylmer Lake; 12. Braided Strands: The Last Refugee; Acknowledgments; Another Arctic Story; Recommended Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The history of the Arctic is rich, filled with fascinating and heroic stories of exploration, multicultural interactions, and humans facing nature at its most extreme. In Finding the Arctic, the accomplished arctic researcher Matthew Sturm collects some of the most memorable |
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