The coldest crucible : Arctic exploration and American culture / Michael F. Robinson.

In the late 1800s, "Arctic Fever" swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to stand at the North Pole. Few of these missions were successful, and many men lost their lives en route. Yet failure did lit...

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Main Author: Robinson, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1966-
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Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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505 0 |a Building an Arctic tradition -- A man of science and humanity : Elisha Kent Kane -- An Arctic divided : Isaac Hayes and Charles Hall -- Dying like men : Adolphus Greely -- The new machines : Walter Wellman and Robert Peary -- Savage campaigns : Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. 
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