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“A cursed affair”—how a Norwegian expedition to Greenland became the USA’s first maritime capture in World War II

Frode SkarsteinNorwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, NO-9026 Tromsø, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected].
Pages 181-194 | Published online: 16 Dec 2016

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