The polar world : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe / By G. Hartwig.
- Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880.
- Date:
- 1892
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1892.
Physical description
xviii, 548 pages, 8 plates, 3 folded maps : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Edition
New ed.
Notes
Includes index.
"The object of the following pages is to describe the polar world ... to point out the influence of its long winter-night and fleeting summer ... to picture man waging the battle ofhis life against the dreadful climate... ".
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Location Status Access Closed storesM14660