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The Arctic World
Quaifr, M. M. | September 4, 1948 issue

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The article presents information on the book "To The Arctic!" by Jeannette Mirsky. Although the ancients had some slight knowledge of the Arctic regions, the first race of men who really became familiar with them were the medieval Norse sea rovers who colonized Iceland and Greenland and apparently visited the North American mainland. However, the knowledge they gained was subsequently largely lost to the European world. The first modern intensive assault upon the Arctic came in the period following the voyages of Columbus, when the northern nations, intent upon gaining access to the commerce of the Orient, began the search for the Northeast Passage around Europe.

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TO the Arctic! (Book); MIRSKY, Jeannette; ARCTIC regions; ICELAND; GREENLAND; NORTHEAST Passage; EUROPE
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