An Account of the Arctic Regions

Written by explorer, scientist and later clergyman William Scoresby (1789–1857), this two-volume guide to the Arctic regions was first published in 1820. Scoresby, himself the son of a whaler and Arctic explorer, first sailed to the polar regions at the age of eleven, and was later apprenticed to hi...

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Main Author: Scoresby, William
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139097079