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A history of the Arctic : nature, exploration and exploitation
A history of the Arctic, from prehistoric times to the present, including an examination of Indigenous Peoples, polar exploration, political and environmental issues, and climate change. (John McCannon, London : Reaktion Books, 2012, 349 p.)
Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Exploration
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America: History & Life
Main private database (EBSCO) devoted to the history of Canada and the United States, with over 1,700 indexed journals. Significant content on the history of Indigenous Peoples, colonization, and exploration of the North. Features controlled vocabulary, via its index, that includes geographic terms.
Subjects: Colonization, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada
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Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Database containing over 1.3 million references to journal articles and other research documents dealing with the Earth’s polar regions, some of them dating back to the 1800s. The main scientific database on the North and the Arctic produced by a private company (EBSCO). Features a controlled vocabulary in polar studies (available via the index) and offers content in natural sciences, engineering and technology, health, and humanities and social sciences.
Subjects: Exploration, Indigenous peoples, Oceanography, Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
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Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915 : an encyclopedia
Encyclopedia covering over 2,000 expeditions that took place in the Arctic over a period of nearly 2,000 years, as well as information on some of the key explorers of this territory.
Subjects: Discovery, Exploration, Indigenous peoples
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Arctic labyrinth : The quest for the Northwest Passage
Documentary work describing the many attempts of maritime expeditions to discover a passage leading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Glyndwr Williams, Toronto, Viking Canada, 2009, 440 p.)
Subjects: History, John Franklin, Navigation, Northwest Passage, Exploration
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Arctique, l’histoire secrète : de Pythéas à Poutine, une lutte de 2500 ans
History of the conquest of the Arctic, from the first explorers to the present day. (Dominique Le Brun Paris, Omnibus, 2018, 662 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Exploration
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