How Long to Read Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]

How Long Does it Take to Read Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]?

It takes the average reader 14 hours and 17 minutes to read Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] by William James Mills

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.

How long is Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]?

Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] by William James Mills is 844 pages long, and a total of 214,376 words.

This makes it 285% the length of the average book. It also has 262% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 31 minutes to read Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] aloud.

What Reading Level is Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes]?

Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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