ISBN10: 0670824917, ISBN13: 9780670824915, [publisher: NY. 1988. Viking / Penguin] Hardcover white & white 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. spine lettering fading a bit. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. 2nd printing ( # 2 in # line). illustrated endpapers. xxii+672p.13 illustrations.45 maps. afterword. chronology. index. world history. biography. travel & exploration. canadian history. arctic. world history. maritime history. sailing.shipwrecks. ~The Arctic Grail offers an in~depth, engaging, and controversial look at the nineteenth century quest for two of the world's most valuable geographical discoveries: the North West Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the North Pole. In a single volume, Pierre Berton covers the entire period of Arctic exploration from the pioneering expedition of William Edward Parry in 1818 to that of Robert Edwin Peary in 1909, and describes the dramatic and frequently tragic events of these legendary expeditions. The history of Arctic adventure is above all the story of the remarkable adventurers themselves. Berton's book is as much about these explorers~their ambitions, achievements, ...
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