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Ring of Ice: True Tales of Adventure, Exploration, and Arctic Life
Looks at the exploration of the Arctic region and describes the lives of its inhabitants.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
444 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2000
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February 5, 2019
Writings on early exploration were my main interest, but several of the contemporary excerpts were also quite good.
May 14, 2012
It feels like most of the writing / exploration / thinking about the Arctic was all over and done with a 100 years ago. That Antarctica and all those penguins get the tourists and the press. Most of the modern books are picture books aimed at children to show them all the wonderful not-fully-understood things that used to exist before global warning caused the death of species.
The best part of the book is that all the excepts are short, so you're on to the next cold brutal death before you know it.
The best part of the book is that all the excepts are short, so you're on to the next cold brutal death before you know it.
August 26, 2012
Overall not bad. This was a collection of short stories with an arctic theme, all true. Some stories read better than others.
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