A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic - Softcover

Officer, Charles; Page, Jake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199837805 ISBN 13: 9780199837809

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries - pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would eventually throw light on this "magical realm" of sunless winters. They follow the explorers from the early journeys of Viking Ottar to the daring exploits of Martin Frobisher, Henry Hudson, Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, and Richard Bird. The second edition features a section entitled "The New Arctic" that illuminates current scientific and environmental issues that threaten the region. Officer and Page discuss such topics as the science behind the melting of the polar ice; the endangered species that now depend on the ice, including polar bears, narwhals, walruses, and ringed seals; commerce in mining and natural resources, especially petroleum and natural gas; and predictions for the economic and environmental future of the region. Library Journal called the first edition a "winning fusion of adventure, suspense, and history."

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Officer is Research Professor in the Earth Sciences Department and Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Jake Page has written many books of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of magazine articles and columns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199837805
• ISBN 13: 9780199837809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 232