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Accompanying a BBC series, Iceman is a useful introduction to the lure of the North and its three poles: the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility (the furthermost point from land), the North Magnetic Pole (discovered in 1831 by James Clark Ross) and the Geographic North Pole, disputed between Cook and Peary in 1909. Cook was soon denounced as a 'charlatan' and Peary was closely questioned by the US Congress on how he travelled 260 miles in two days. The Pole soon became the province of balloons, airships, submarines and ice-breakers. Meanwhile the Inuits continue to wonder what all the fuss is about and enjoy keeping the cartographers busy by correcting the English names: Iqaluit for Frobisher Bay and Qausuittuq for Resolute. (Kirkus UK)
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Tied to a BBC2 television series, this is an examination of the Arctic region and the men who have tried to conquer it. The tales begin in 1841 with the doomed Franklin expedition which attempted to find a sea route between the Pacific and the Atlantic. The Admiralty sent over 50 relief expeditions to rescue Sir John Franklin and his crew, but they found skeletons rather than survivors. Then there was Robert Peary, who dedicated most of his life and nine of his toes to conquer the North Pole in 1909, only to discover on his return that Frederick Cook claimed to have reached it a year earlier. With numerous other stories of heroism and tragedy, the book features explorers who tried to reach the Pole by plane, hot-air balloon, submarine and airship. Not all of them made it, and some died in the attempt.
Accompanying a BBC series, Iceman is a useful introduction to the lure of the North and its three poles: the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility (the furthermost point from land), the North Magnetic Pole (discovered in 1831 by James Clark Ross) and the Geographic North Pole, disputed between Cook and Peary in 1909. Cook was soon denounced as a 'charlatan' and Peary was closely questioned by the US Congress on how he travelled 260 miles in two days. The Pole soon became the province of balloons, airships, submarines and ice-breakers. Meanwhile the Inuits continue to wonder what all the fuss is about and enjoy keeping the cartographers busy by correcting the English names: Iqaluit for Frobisher Bay and Qausuittuq for Resolute. (Kirkus UK)
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Tied to a BBC2 television series, this is an examination of the Arctic region and the men who have tried to conquer it. The tales begin in 1841 with the doomed Franklin expedition which attempted to find a sea route between the Pacific and the Atlantic. The Admiralty sent over 50 relief expeditions to rescue Sir John Franklin and his crew, but they found skeletons rather than survivors. Then there was Robert Peary, who dedicated most of his life and nine of his toes to conquer the North Pole in 1909, only to discover on his return that Frederick Cook claimed to have reached it a year earlier. With numerous other stories of heroism and tragedy, the book features explorers who tried to reach the Pole by plane, hot-air balloon, submarine and airship. Not all of them made it, and some died in the attempt.
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