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On Skis to the North Pole, Vladimir Snegirev, Sphinx Press, 1985, 0943071054, 9780943071053, 240 Pages On Skis to the North Pole, Vladimir Snegirev, Sphinx Press, 1985, 0943071054, 9780943071053, 240 pages. DOWNLOAD HERE Breakthrough on the new skis say goodbye to the intermediate blues, Lito Tejada-Flores, Nov 9, 2001, Sports & Recreation, 315 pages. In the tradition of his "Breakthrough on Skis, " (the bestselling ski-instruction manual of all time), Tejada-Flores explains how average-to-intermediate alpine skiers can rise .... Calypso's Promise , Nicholas Gerassimakis, 2011, Fiction, 232 pages. It is 1922 when Jonas Knight, a seventy-year-old self-made millionaire begins an expedition to find a mysterious cave that he feels holds the secret to what he has been seeking .... Safety and environmental health handbook , United States. Bureau of Mines, 1987, , 125 pages. Icebound the Jeannette Expedition's quest for the North Pole, Leonard F. Guttridge, 1986, History, 357 pages. 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