Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. des. 2003 - 797 sider Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
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... Norwegian town of Hammerfest first learned that a good living could be made by hunting and trapping in the High Arctic . The Pomors had mounted annual expeditions to Novaya Zemlya and Svalbard for several cen- turies , and by the 1770s ...
... Norwegian royal proclamation of 14 January 1939 consolidated the various discoveries made by Norwegian explorers and whalers in this region into a coherent territorial claim on behalf of Norway , defining Queen Maud Land as " that ...
... Norwegian hunting activities date back to the eighteenth century , the first wintering being organized by merchants ... Norwegian government , the expeditions being formally recon- stituted in 1928 as Norges Svalbard - og Ishavs ...
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