Book of the Week: The Magnetic North: Alaska and Canada

Book of the Week - The Magnetic North - 2. Alaska and Canada

Sara Wheeler finds traces of American entrepreneurial drive in the wide spaces of Alaska.

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Sara Wheeler finds traces of American entrepreneurial drive in the wide spaces of Alaska and visits a bedrock-mapping project on an isolated Canadian island.

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