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Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole (Reprint Edition) by Fergus Fleming Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-8021-4036-X / 080214036X ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4036-4 / 9780802140364 In the nineteenth century, theories about the North Pole ran rampant. Was it an open sea? Was it a portal to new worlds within the globe? Or was it just a wilderness of ice? When Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1845, explorers decided it was time to find out. In scintillating detail, |