The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 by Pierre Berton

The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909

Pierre Berton

672 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced

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The polar north has always lured the passionate mind, the eccentric, and the damned. Pierre Berton's The Arctic Grail is a substantial chronicle of these explorers, some of whom sought an economical northern route to the East and others adventure ...

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