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    5 Stars More than just another travel book 31/07/2010
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    Advantages Advantages Well written, accessible, history and politics as well as travel, a different perspective

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Endnotes not indicated in the text

    The title of this book suggests another travel book about adventure in the frozen north, but Sara Wheeler mixes her tales of her own travels with some history of polar exploration and a serious examination of the impact of visitors and of those who wish to exploit the Arctic’s natural resources on the region and its people. Rather than setting off on another expedition to reach the North Pole, she travels around bits of the Arctic divided between different countries and governments, including Chukotka (Russia), Alaska (USA), Canada, Greenland, Svalbard (Norway) and Lapland (Russia and ... more
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