Sara Wheeler

Ninety degrees north

From the Ancient Egyptians onwards, this timeless, magnetic place of water surrounded by land has fascinated astronomers, philosophers and navigators alike

  • North Pole: Nature and Culture

    Michael Bravo

    Reaktion Books, pp. 256

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