Peary''s Arctic Quest - Untold Stories From Robert E. Pearys North Pole Expeditions

Informationen zum Autor Susan Kaplan is director of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and ArcticStudies Center and a professor of anthropology at Bowdoin College. Trained as ananthropologist and archaeologist, she oversees the operations of the Arctic Museum,teaches, organizes symposia, and does archaeological research in Labrador, Canada.Her publications include exhibit catalogues focused on Alaskan Inuit, scholarly worksabout the history of Arctic exploration, and articles about Inuit responses toenvironmental change and contact with Westerners. Klappentext Filled with artifacts, drawings, maps, and historical photographs from the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum collections, Peary's Arctic Quest provides a richly illustrated overview of Robert Peary's quest to reach the North Pole. Zusammenfassung Filled with artifacts! drawings! maps! and historical photographs from the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum collections! Peary's Arctic Quest provides a richly illustrated overview of Robert Peary's quest to reach the North Pole.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Kaplan, Susan Lemoine Kaplan, Genevieve LeMoine
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781608936434
• ISBN: 978-1-60893-643-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Polar Regions, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Arctic regions, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands