The Resource Under a Pole star, Stef Penney
Under a Pole star, Stef Penney
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The item Under a Pole star, Stef Penney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
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- Summary
- Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. 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. When 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; heroism and lies. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the true leader 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-siecle New York and London, Under a Pole Star 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Under a Pole star
- Title
- Under a Pole star
- Statement of responsibility
- Stef Penney
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. 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. When 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; heroism and lies. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the true leader 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-siecle New York and London, Under a Pole Star 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
- Awards note
- Winner of the Costa Book of the Year.
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Penney, Stef
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Women explorers
- Geologists
- Explorers
- Scientific expeditions
- Man-woman relationships
- Arctic regions
- Greenland
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Under a Pole star, Stef Penney
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- nc
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- cartographic image
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1796911
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 598 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786481177
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781786481177
- (Sirsi) i9781786481177
- Label
- Under a Pole star, Stef Penney
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1796911
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 598 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786481177
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781786481177
- (Sirsi) i9781786481177
Subject
- Geologists -- Fiction
- Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction
- Women explorers -- Fiction
- Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions -- Fiction
- Explorers -- Fiction
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