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Magnetic North : Travels in the Arctic
By: Wheeler, Sara (Author).
CCV. Published: 06/05/2010. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade). Paperback. Sourced from NZ.
Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler discovers a complex and ambiguous land belonging both to ancient myth and modern controversy. "The Magnetic North" is a spicy confection of history, science, and reflection in which Wheeler meditates on the role of the Arctic: fragmented lands which fed imaginations long before the scientists and oilmen showed up (not to mention desperado explorers who ate their own shoes). "The Magnetic North" tells of all this, plus gulag ghosts, old and new Russia, colliding cultures and bioaccumulated toxins in polar bears. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0099516888/9780099516880
TITLE: Magnetic North, The CONTRIBUTORS: Wheeler, Sara (Author) IMPRINT: Vintage PUBLISHER: CCV FORMAT: Paperback PUBLICATION DATE: 06/05/2010
SUBJECT: Travel & Holiday, Places & People DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 129mm x 198mm (Spine: 27mm) PAGES: 368 AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade) ILLUSTRATIONS: Illustrations, maps
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