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020 _a0306820676 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a0306821621 (e-book)
020 _a9780306820670 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a9780306821622 (e-book)
035 _a(OCoLC)784125022
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049 _aNFGJ
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099 _aAmundsen
_aR.
_aB787
100 1 _aBown, Stephen R.
_9171009
245 1 4 _aThe last Viking :
_bthe life of Roald Amundsen /
_cStephen R. Bown.
260 _aCambridge :
_bDa Capo Press,
_cc2012.
300 _axxii, 357 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. West -- The boy from the Mountain Kingdom -- Polar apprentice -- An extraordinary plan -- Where Franklin died -- An education at Gjøahavn -- 2. South -- "I resolved upon a coup" -- The Napoleon of the Poles -- Dogs and skis -- A featureless expanse of snow -- 3. East -- A hero returns -- A new battlefield -- The frozen reaches of Tartary -- 4. North -- Grounded dreams -- The Arctic Phoenix -- The dirigible and the fascist -- A massed attack on the polar regions -- 5. Lost -- No more Poles to conquer -- Epilogue: the end of the Heroic Age.
600 1 0 _aAmundsen, Roald,
_d1872-1928.
_923741
650 0 _aExplorers
_zNorway
_vBiography.
_9192941
651 0 _aAntarctica
_xDiscovery and exploration
_xNorweigian.
_9215603
651 0 _aArctic regions
_xDiscovery and exploration
_xNorweigian.
_9215604
651 0 _aNorth Pole
_xDiscovery and exploration
_xNorweigian.
_9215605
651 0 _aNorthwest Passage
_xDiscovery and exploration
_xNorweigian.
_9215606
942 _cBOOK
_022
994 _aC0
_bNFG
997 _aAmundsen R. B787
998 _a007211582
999 _c135697
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