Polar extremes : the world of Lincoln Ellsworth /

Polar extremes : the world of Lincoln Ellsworth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pool, Beekman H., 1909-
Imprint:	Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2002.
Description:	312 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ellsworth, Lincoln, -- 1880-1951. Ellsworth, Lincoln, -- 1880-1951 Explorers -- United States -- Biography. Discoveries in geography. Exploration, Aerial. Explorers. Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration. Arctic regions -- Aerial exploration. Antarctica -- Aerial exploration. Antarctica. Arctic Regions. Polar regions. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4870725

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ISBN:	1889963437 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1889963445 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-301) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.. The Long Road North
2.. The Big Trip
3.. On the Ice
4.. Undeclared Race
5.. First Crossing of the Polar Sea
6.. This Hero Business
7.. Friends in Need
8.. Plans and Diversions
9.. Antarctica--Maiden Voyage
10.. A Job to Do
11.. Claiming Antarctica
12.. Dreams Only
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author