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A history of the Arctic : nature, exploration and exploitation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCannon, John, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Arctic regions > History.
Geopolitics > Arctic regions.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > History.
Arctic peoples.
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Climatic changes > Arctic regions.
Natural resources > Arctic regions > Management.
Arctic regions > Climate.
Table of Contents:
  • Origins : introduction and environmental overview
  • Encounters : prehistory and early history to 1500 CE
  • Incursions : 1500-1800
  • Crusades : 1800 to 1914
  • Subjugations : 1914 to 1945
  • Contaminations : 1945 to 1991
  • Extinctions? : 1991 to the present.