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The Arctic: An Anthology
Elizabeth Kolbert
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Description for The Arctic: An Anthology
Paperback. Offers accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the North Pole. Editor(s): Kolbert, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTN; DQ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
The Arctic: An Anthology features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the North Pole. The contributors include British, American, Scandinavian and Russian explorers such as John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen, Salomon August Andree, Knud Rasmussen and Robert Peary; novelists such as Jules Verne, Jack London and Barry Lopez; and environmental explorers such as Gretel Ehrlich. It is published alongside the companion volume, The Antarctic: An Anthology.
The Arctic: An Anthology features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the North Pole. The contributors include British, American, Scandinavian and Russian explorers such as John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen, Salomon August Andree, Knud Rasmussen and Robert Peary; novelists such as Jules Verne, Jack London and Barry Lopez; and environmental explorers such as Gretel Ehrlich. It is published alongside the companion volume, The Antarctic: An Anthology.
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080271
SKU
V9781847080271
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About Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert was a political reporter for the New York Times for fourteen years before becoming a staff writer for The New Yorker in 1999. Her series on global warming, 'The Climate of Man' appeared in the magazine in spring 2005; it won a National Magazine Award, the American Association for the Advancement of Science's magazine-writing award, and the National ... Read more
Reviews for The Arctic: An Anthology
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'The terrible beauty of the polar regions has posed a challenge to those who have seen it, causing them to strive grimly to find new ways to describe it... there is some superb nature writing in these collections... [they] display the beauty and vulnerability of these regions, and in doing so explain just what we stand to lose, and ... Read more
'The terrible beauty of the polar regions has posed a challenge to those who have seen it, causing them to strive grimly to find new ways to describe it... there is some superb nature writing in these collections... [they] display the beauty and vulnerability of these regions, and in doing so explain just what we stand to lose, and ... Read more