Arctic Obsession: The Victorian Race for the North Pole
- ISBN-10
- 096796220X
- ISBN-13
- 9780967962207
- Series
- Arctic Obsession
- Category
- Advertising cards
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-05-01
- Author
- Dave Cheadle
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