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Under a Pole Star
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Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of 12. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press as "The Snow Queen" - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously, but determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, despite the many who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men.
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