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

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

Pierre Berton

672 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific and the international race to reach the North P...

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