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200 10$aPolar explorations /$fby Don Nardo
210  1$aDetroit, Mich. :$cLucent Books,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (104 pages) $cillustrations (some color), color maps
225 1 $aWorld history
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a1-4205-0360-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and (pages 95-97) index.
327   $aIntroduction: The attraction of the poles -- The earliest Arctic voyagers -- Quests for the northern passages -- Search for the southern continent -- The contest for the North Pole -- Antarctica in the heroic age -- The age of mechanized exploration -- Epilogue: To conquer the unknown: modern polar research.
330   $aProvides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the polar explorations of the North Pole and South Pole.
410  0$aWorld history series.
606   $aExplorers$zPolar regions$vBiography
607   $aPolar regions$xDiscovery and exploration
615  0$aExplorers
676   $a910.911
700   $aNardo$b Don$f1947-$01233793
801  0$bMiFhGG
801  1$bMiFhGG
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910132778903321
996   $aPolar explorations$92872897
997   $aUNINA