The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries—the Northwest …

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