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\nLegendary searches for a navigable Northwest Passage sit alongside lesser-known yarns of the similarly “prolonged orgy of shoe-eating and death” that typified the north-east trade route.
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\nSharp and clear, Wheeler’s prose is charged with wonder at the beauty of high latitudes and unsentimental about the outcomes for the region’s indigenous communities. The Magnetic North<\/i> carries lightly a depth of research that gives an alarming edge to Wheeler’s engrossing histories: scientific consensus of the impact of warming seas on the region’s fragile ecology gives a sobering prospect both for the Arctic, and for other habitable parts of the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Magnetic North<\/i><\/strong>
\nSara Wheeler<\/strong>
\nVintage Books, 2010<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

\n–By James Urquhart<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ft.com\/home\/uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright © The Financial Times<\/a> Ltd 2010<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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