The last Viking : the life of Roald Amundsen /

The last Viking : the life of Roald Amundsen /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bown, Stephen R.
Imprint:	Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2012.
Description:	xxii, 357 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Amundsen, Roald, -- 1872-1928. Amundsen, Roald, -- 1872-1928. Explorers -- Norway -- Biography. Discovery and exploration, Norwegian. Explorers. Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- Norwegian. Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Norwegian. North Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Norwegian. Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Norwegian. Antarctica. Arctic Ocean -- North Pole. Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage. Arctic Regions. Norway. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8922707

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Life of Roald Amundsen Roald Amundsen
ISBN:	9780306820670 (hbk.) 0306820676 (hbk.) 9780306821622 (ebk.) 0306821621 (ebk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-341) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The Last of the Vikings
Part One. West
Chapter One. The Boy from the Mountain Kingdom
Chapter Two. Polar Apprentice
Chapter Three. An Extraordinary Plan
Chapter Four. Where Franklin Died
Chapter Five. An Education at Gjoa Haven
Part Two. South
Chapter Six. ôI Resolved Upon a Coup"
Chapter Seven. The Napoleon of the Poles
Chapter Eight. Dogs and Skis
Chapter Nine. A Featureless Expanse of Snow
Part Three. East
Chapter Ten. A Hero Returns
Chapter Eleven. A New Battlefield
Chapter Twelve. The Frozen Reaches of Tartary
Part Four. North
Chapter Thirteen. Grounded Dreams
Chapter Fourteen. The Arctic Phoenix
Chapter Fifteen. The Dirigible and the Fascist
Chapter Sixteen. A Massed Attack on the Polar Regions
Part Five. Lost
Chapter Seventeen. No More Poles to Conquer
Epilogue