Ultima Thule - Explorers and Natives in the Polar North
by Malaurie, Jean
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 399 pages. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. An illustrated history of 170 years of Arctic exploration and its effects on indigenous peoples. Ultima Thule is the terrible and yet fantastic story of European and American exploration in the polar north. Based on excerpts from the explorers' logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony, it brings to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples they found. Today, the outlook for the Inuit and the polar environment is bleak: the people and their landscape are in danger of disappearing for good. But according to Jean Malaurie, the situation is not altogether without hope. Heavily illustrated with period photographs, engravings, artifacts, and drawings, the book gives the readers the impression of having an entire museum of North Pole history in their hands. 650 color and black-and-white photographs Record # 611880
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611880
- Title
- Ultima Thule - Explorers and Natives in the Polar North
- Author
- Malaurie, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Travel, Arctic, , .
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