{"product_id":"celebrity-and-polar-exploration-alexandre-simon-ekeland-9789004762138","title":"Celebrity and Polar Exploration: Making French Polar Explorers, 1860s-1930s","description":"This book analyses various French polar expedition projects that were proposed between the 1860s and the late 1930s, comparing the projects that led to expeditions with those that did not. It shows that the successful would-be explorers had to become famous first, before they could secure support and funding for their plans. Explorers were \"made\" partly by themselves, but also largely through the efforts of the many others who promoted their plans: armchair scientists and geographers, journalists, politicians, and common citizens, all of whom contributed to the formation of a French culture of polar exploration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandre Simon-Ekeland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004762132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004762138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.75d","brand":"Alexandre Simon-Ekeland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997309808895,"sku":"9789004762138","price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/celebrity-and-polar-exploration-alexandre-simon-ekeland-9789004762138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}