To the Arctic!
Subtitle: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 5, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780226531793
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; History of science; Military - Naval; Polar Regions; History / Military / Naval; History - General History; History - Military / War; Arctic regions; Discovery and exploration; Exploration; North Pole
First sentence: NOT SO LONG AGO there was a custom among sailors that accorded to all those who had sailed round Cape Horn the right to put one foot on the table after dinner, while those who had crossed the Arctic Circle could put both feet on the table.