The magnetic north
Subtitle: notes from the Arctic Circle
By: Sara Wheeler.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780224082211
Subjects: Wheeler, Sara -- Travel -- Arctic regions; Arctic regions -- Description and travel; Arctic regions -- History
Description: Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebeaker herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans- Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler uncovers the beautiful, brutal reality of the Arctic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-342) and index.