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48 pp.
| DK
| October, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-7894-3421-0$$14.95
(4)
4-6
Discoveries series.
Illustrated by
Marje Crosby-Fairall
&
Ann Winterbotham.
Tight, overcrowded layouts, filled with color drawings, boxed quotes, and archival photographs, present an overview of polar exploration. The book traces the foot and air journeys of Byrd, Peary, Amundsen, and other explorers, and includes a section on the contemporary scientific study conducted in the Arctic and Antarctic. A time line is included. Ind.