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Author:

Revkin, Andrew.

Title:

The North Pole was here : puzzles and perils at the top of the world / Andrew C. Revkin.

Publisher:

Kingfisher,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

North Pole--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
Arctic regions--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
Revkin, Andrew--Travel--North Pole--Juvenile literature.
Revkin, Andrew--Travel--Arctic regions--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

"A New York Times book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.

Contents:

ch. 7. The Metric conversion chart. ch. 2. The imagined Pole -- ch. 3. Cold reality -- ch. 4. The polar puzzle -- ch. 5. Glimpsing the future -- ch. 6. Three broken bolts -- ch. 7. The once and future Pole -- Source notes -- Further reading -- Internet resources -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index -- Metric conversion chart.

Summary:

Discover the North Pole and the arctic ice that covers the ocean water there. Learn about historical expeditions, and the recent one the author joined and where these chapters were written.

ISBN:

0753461382 (pbk.)
9780753461389 (pbk.)
0753459930 (hardcover)
9780753459935 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2005024307

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