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Title A wretched and precarious situation : in search of the last Arctic frontier / David Welky.
Author Welky, David, author.
Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Copyright ©2017
Description viii, 502 pages , 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm
Edition First Edition.
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LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 EI-Adult Collection  910.9113 WEL Nearby on shelf  30626003082910 04-21-17  AVAILABLE
Bibliography Includes notes (pages 445-483), select bibliography (pages 485-492) and index.
Summary Details the expedition led by George Borup and Donald MacMillan to investigate Crocker Land, spotted by Robert E. Peary from Greenland a decade earlier. The expedition was marked by blizzards, food shortages, disease, crime, and fatal accidents.
Subject MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Borup, George, 1885-1912.
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
Other title In search of the last Arctic frontier
ISBN 9780393254419
0393254410