Ultima Thule
Subtitle: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North
Contributors: Willard Wood (Translator); Anthony Roberts (Translator)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780393051506
First sentence: One of the most unfortunate figures in the history of polar exploration-as though such strong personalities were drawn to these regions that they sometimes expressed themselves as much in baseness and violence as in greatness.