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TRAVEL WILD EXPEDITIONS
Spitsbergen & East Greenland
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/CE10564. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 5 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARC268) |
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Bradt Guide Spitsbergen
• Andreas Umbreit
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 246 PAGES
This convenient guide features an overview of the history, wildlife and natural history of Spitsbergen along with a few color photographs and many maps. It's a good one-volume introduction to the archipelago, revised with this edition to also include sections on Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen.
(NOR01, $26.99) |
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The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
• Tony Soper
FIELD GUIDE •
2012 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
A compact, illustrated guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the circumpolar north featuring handsome watercolor illustrations by Dan Powell and lively text on the natural history of each species by intrepid expedition leader and bird-lover Tony Soper. An essential handbook for the ship-based traveler. With a brief overview of history, short chapters on plants and invertebrates, and a glossary of snow and ice.
(ARC85, $23.99) |
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Arctic Dreams
• Barry Lopez
NATURAL HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 417 PAGES
• FAVORITE
One of the best books we've read on any destination, this celebrated meditation on the Arctic draws on Lopez's travels throughout the North, including Baffin Island, Siberia and Greenland. A dazzling writer and compassionate observer, Lopez weaves biology and history into his storytelling, including extended chapters on the polar bear and narwhal.
(ARC11, $16.00) |
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Spitsbergen Explorer Map
• Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •
MAP
A detailed map of Svalbard for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with illustrated biographies of 27 explorers and a brief guide to wildlife on the reverse. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Tony Soper contributed the natural history information.
(ARC88, $11.95) |
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Circumpolar North / Greenland Map
• ITMB
2009 •
MAP
This revised full-color, folded map of Greenland at a scale of 900,000 (with index, shaded coastal relief and travel notes) includes on the reverse the stunning North Circumpolar Region Map, published by the Natural Resources Canada. Showing all the land above 60 degrees north, this striking map also shows limits of polar sea ice, position of the magnetic North Pole and bathymetry of the Arctic basin. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(ARC111, $12.95) |
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With wonderful photographs, maps and essays.
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The Svalbard Archipelago
• P.J. Capelotti
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A reprint of a WWII-era report on Spitsbergen by U.S. intelligence, covering the geography, history and geo-politics of the archipelago. With 63 photographs, maps, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, appendices, and an index.
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The Vikings, Lords of the Seas
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• HISTORY
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• HISTORY
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Lands that Hold One Spellbound, A Story of East Greenland
• Spencer Appolonio
• EXPLORATION
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An avid sailor, marine biologist and research fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, Appolonio writes with authority and enthusiasm of native settlements and the long history of exploration and adventure in icebound East Greenland.
(ARC219, $39.95)
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The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold
• Gretel Ehrlich
• EXPLORATION
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The marvelous Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven) continues her fascination with out-of-the-way places with this account of journeys to the ends of the earth, including chapters set in Patagonia and Spitsbergen. The book is not so much about place as the experience of cold.
(ANT215, $13.95)
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Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North
• Jean Malaurie
• EXPLORATION
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In this oversize, handsomely illustrated history of European exploration of Greenland and the Arctic, Malaurie draws together explorers' logs, Inuit accounts, photographs, engravings and period drawings.
(ARC123, $75.00)
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Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
• Chauncey Loomis
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• EXPLORATION
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The tale of 19th-century Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his untimely death somewhere in Greenland.
(ARC63, $19.00)
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Frost on My Moustache, The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
• Tim Moore
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this inspired folly, a British comic heads to Iceland, Spitsbergen and other northern locales in pursuit of a fictitious Arctic hero.
(ARC74, $16.99)
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Last Places, A Journey in the North
• Lawrence Millman
• Paul Theroux
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Millman explores the culture and history of the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland in this often-hilarious account of his travels in the wake of the ancient Vikings.
(ARC54, $15.95)
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This Cold Heaven
• Gretel Ehrlich
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Ehrlich spent seven seasons in Greenland, mostly alone, traveling by boat, helicopter, plane and dogsled. This exhilarating book reflects her insight, knowledge and deep appreciation of the people and barren landscapes of the north.
(ARC107, $18.95)
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Jar City
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• MYSTERY
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Indridason's first moody police procedural finds Reykjavik detective Erlendur Sveinsson investigating the brutal murder of a lonely pensioner, and the man's connection to the deaths of a number of young women. The series continues with Silence of the Grave (ICL36), Voices (ICL53), The Draining Lake (ICL52) and more.
(ICL27, $15.00)
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The Greenlanders
• Jane Smiley
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland.
(ARC08, $15.95)
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic
• E.C. Pielou
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Our best-selling book on the Arctic, this guide covers the geography and climate, plants, birds and wildlife of the circumpolar north.
(ARC03, $22.00)
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Polar Bears
• Ian Stirling
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A tribute to the polar bear by a preeminent researcher, this handsome natural history features outstanding color photographs and detailed chapters on biology, distribution, behavior, study, conservation and lore.
(ARC58, $40.00)
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Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Mark Carwardine
• FIELD GUIDE
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In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species.
(FG02, $20.00)
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