Arctic labyrinth: the quest for the Northwest Passage
by Williams, Glyndwr.
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BookPublisher: Penguin 2010ISBN: 9780141037158; 0141037156.Classification number: 910.9163 WILSubject(s): Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British | Northwest Passage -- HistorySubject: From the tiny, woefully equipped ships of the first Tudor expeditions to the icebreakers and nuclear submarines of the modern era, Williams describes how every form of ingenuity has been used to break through or try to get round the nightmarish ice barriers set in a maze of sterile islands to find the Northwest Passage.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
From the tiny, woefully equipped ships of the first Tudor expeditions to the icebreakers and nuclear submarines of the modern era, Williams describes how every form of ingenuity has been used to break through or try to get round the nightmarish ice barriers set in a maze of sterile islands to find the Northwest Passage.
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