A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic

A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-232

  Officer, Charles ^a   Page, Jake ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Artic explorers; Endangered species; Environmental future; Environmental issues; Natural resources; North pole; Polar ice melting

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442885322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199837809.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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