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Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo»rank: 460937by: Kenn Harper
: :ln 1897, American explorer Robert Peary brought Minik Wallace, a young Polar Eskimo, from northwestern Greenland to New York. During his 12 years in America, Minik's adoptive family went from riches to rags, and Minik's own life was shattered by the traumatic discovery of his father's skeleton on display in the American Museum of Natural History. Sent back to Greenland in 1909, Minik had to relearn his native language and hunting skills to survive. Told here for the first time, this dark ... |
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The Top and Bottom of the World (Rookie Read-About Science)»rank: 3203216by: Allan Fowler
: :Describes the location, climate, and animal life of the cold regions at either end of the earth. |
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A history of polar exploration»rank: 7004892by: David Mountfield
: :Describes the location, climate, and animal life of the cold regions at either end of the earth. |
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Antarctica»rank: 2173492by: Mike Lucas
: :Fantastic color photographs and illuminating text reveal the beauty of one of the world's last wild places and the hardy creatures that have adapted to it, as well as a history of Antactica and a survey of its various regions, including the peninsula, the ice cap, the ice shelves, and the outlying islands. Finally, there is a profile of the men and women who have established permanent research bases on the continent to help protect it from recurring threats to its mineral ... |
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North Pole Legacy: Black, White, and Eskimo»rank: 949472by: S. Allen Counter
: :Upon hearing rumors that the men who discovered the North Pole had fathered sons while on their expedition, S. Allen Counter arranged to visit the remote villages where Robert Peary, the credited discoverer, and Matthew Henson, the black man whose contributions to the expedition are widely ignored, stayed during their travels. This book recounts the astonishing story of Counter's trips to Greenland and the relationships he develops with the Eskimo ancestors of the two men. At the same time, new evidence about ... |
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People of the Polar North»rank: 1190230by: Knud J. Rasmussen
: :Upon hearing rumors that the men who discovered the North Pole had fathered sons while on their expedition, S. Allen Counter arranged to visit the remote villages where Robert Peary, the credited discoverer, and Matthew Henson, the black man whose contributions to the expedition are widely ignored, stayed during their travels. This book recounts the astonishing story of Counter's trips to Greenland and the relationships he develops with the Eskimo ancestors of the two men. At the same time, new evidence about ... |
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GREENLAND MUMMIES»rank: 2302735from: Smithsonian
: :Upon hearing rumors that the men who discovered the North Pole had fathered sons while on their expedition, S. Allen Counter arranged to visit the remote villages where Robert Peary, the credited discoverer, and Matthew Henson, the black man whose contributions to the expedition are widely ignored, stayed during their travels. This book recounts the astonishing story of Counter's trips to Greenland and the relationships he develops with the Eskimo ancestors of the two men. At the same time, new evidence about ... |
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The Arctic: A History (General History)»rank: 4178976by: Richard Vaughan
: :A major history, which examines the life and culture of indigenous peoples such as the lnuit and Samoyed and their struggle for existence, this book shows the extraordinary diversity and richness of this apparently barren region. |
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The Last Kings of Thule: With the Polar Eskimos, As They Face Their Destiny»rank: 1309989by: Jean Malaurie
: :A major history, which examines the life and culture of indigenous peoples such as the lnuit and Samoyed and their struggle for existence, this book shows the extraordinary diversity and richness of this apparently barren region. |
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Arctic Adventure»rank: 1942064by: Peter Freuchen
: :An adventure classic by the famed explorer who lived among the Greenland lnuit. (SEE QU0TE.) |

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