The Coldest Crucible
Arctic Exploration and American Culture
200 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings 6 x 9
©
2006
Cloth $39.00
ISBN: 9780226721842
Published July 2006
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
Chapter One 15
Building and Arcitc Traditon
Chapter Two 31
A Man of Science and Humanity
Elisha Kent Kane
Chapter Three 55
An Arctic Divided
Isaac Hayes and Charles Hall
Chapter Four 83
Dying Like Men
Adolphus Greely
Chapter Five 107
The New Machines
Walter Wellman and Robert Peary
Chapter Six 133
Savage Campaigns
Robert Peary and Frederick Cook
Conclusion 159
Notes 165
Bibliography 181
Index 199
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