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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 4. Polar Explorations | |
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| THE ARCTIC REGIONS (MAP) | |
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| TERRITORAL CLAIMS IN THE ANTARCTIC, 1965 (MAP) | |
| a. Early Explorations | |
| Scandinavian: c. 870: Ottar, a Norseman, sailed along the northern Norwegian coast; 875–900: Iceland was colonized; 982–85: Eric the Red founded colony in Greenland; 1194: Spitsbergen discovered. | 1 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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