By Airship to the North Pole: An Archaeology of Human Exploration & Arctic Mission: By Airship and Submarine to the Far North.(Book Review)

From: Arctic | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

BY AIRSHIP TO THE NORTH POLE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF HUMAN EXPLORATION. By PJ. CAPELOTTI. 1999. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. xxiv + 211 p., b&w., illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$26.00.

ARCTIC MISSION: BY AIRSHIP AND SUBMARINE TO THE FAR NORTH. By WILLIAM ALTHOFF. 1999. Auckland, New Zealand: Lighter-Than-Air Institute. (2nd rev. ed. 2000). xx + 291 p., colour illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$49.95.

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