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Bitter cold and constant snow. Polar bears, seals, and killer whales. Victor Frankenstein chasing his monstrous creation across icy terrain in a dogsled. The arctic calls to mind a myriad different images. Consisting of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, the United States, Russia, Greenland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the arctic possesses a unique ecosystem-temperatures average negative 29 degrees Fahrenheit in winter and rarely rise above freezing in summer-and the indigenous peoples and cultures that live in the region have had to adapt to the harsh weather conditions. As global temperat
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A History of the Arctic Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1. Origins: Introduction and Environmental Overview; 2. Encounters: Prehistory and Early History to 1500 CE; 3. Incursions: 1500 to 1800; 4. Crusades: 1800 to 1914; 5. Subjugations: 1914 to 1945; 6. Contaminations: 1945 to 1991; 7. Extinctions? 1991 to the Present; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo acknowledgements; Index;
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ISBN 9781780230184
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McCannon, John, 1967 - A history of the Arctic London : Reaktion Books, 2012 ISBN 9781780230184
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ISBN 1780230184
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Englisch
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Geographie
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Arktis
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Entdeckung
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Kolonisation
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Geschichte 1500-2012
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