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Under a pole star / Stef Penney.

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ISBN	9781786481177
	1786481170
	1786481162
	9781786481160
Name	Penney, Stef author.
Title	Under a pole star / Stef Penney.
Published	London Quercus, 2016.
Description	598 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Summary	"Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, and fell in love with the land and people of the far north. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press 'The Snow Queen' - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously but determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, despite the many who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition, led by the furiously driven Lester Armitage. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting. All three become obsessed with the north, a place where violent extremes exist side by side: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows; warring egos and consuming passion; nobility and lies. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the true hero of polar discovery takes him and his men on a mission whose tragic outcome will reverberate for years to come. Set against the stark, timeless beauty of northern Greenland, and fin-de-siècle New York and London, this is a compelling look at the dark side of the 'golden age' of exploration, a study of the corrosive power of ambition, and an epic, incendiary love story. It shows that sometimes you have to travel to the furthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it."--Back cover.
Awards note	Winner of the Costa Book of the Year.
Subjects	Women explorers -- Fiction
	Explorers -- Fiction
	Geologists -- Fiction
	Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions -- Fiction
	Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
	Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction
	Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction
Genre	Romance fiction
Genre	Historical fiction
Other Names	Payne, Liane illustrator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction . Explorers -- Fiction . Geologists -- Fiction . Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction . Historical fiction . Man-woman relationships -- Fiction . Romance fiction . Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions -- Fiction . Women explorers -- Fiction . Authors: Payne, Liane . Penney, Stef .

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