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Essential Books These 2 items are available for $49, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARC227)		  
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)		   The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette  •  Edward Ellsberg
EXPLORATION •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 421 PAGES
A dramatic fictionalized account of the fateful 1879 Jeannette expedition to the North Pole, as told through the eyes of chief engineer George Wallace Melville. First published in 1938, the vivid tale was adapted as a radio broadcast by Orson Welles for the Mercury Theater (who famously went on to produce War of the Worlds). This limited edition includes a CD of the memorable radio play. The outspoken Ellsberg, who attained the rank of Rear Admiral, was a noted navy salvage expert, diver, and prolific author. (ARC138, $27.95)		   Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette



Also Recommended

North Circumpolar Region Rolled Map  •  Canada Map Office    •  A striking bird's-eye view of the Arctic Ocean and all the lands of the far north, at a scale of 1:9,000,000, with shaded relief on sea and land. (ARC178, $24.95)
 		  
The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge  •  Thomas E. Downing  •  Kirstin Dow   • REFERENCE  •  Fifty innovative color maps illuminate current changes in climate, weather, temperature, environmental funding, emissions and a host of related facts as compiled by geographers Kirstin Dow and Thomas Downing. (REF16, $21.95)
 		  
What We Know About Climate Change  •  Kerry Emanuel   • REFERENCE  •  With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel outlines the issues, causes and concerns about the fate of our climate. (GEO46, $14.95)
 		  
Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East  •  Anna Kerttula   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A portrait of the daily life, culture and economy of a typical village along the Chukotka Peninsula, written by an anthropologist who lived there for 18 months. (RUS100, $24.95)
 		  
Bering, The Russian Discovery of America  •  Orcutt Frost   • HISTORY  •  The first modern biography of the great explorer -- and an excellent account of still little-known regions of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. The author draws on new evidence to reinvigorate the life and adventures of the seafaring Dane. (SIB33, $35.00)
 		  
The Conquest of a Continent  •  W. Bruce Lincoln   • HISTORY  •  The marvelous Lincoln captures the ambition and avarice of fur trappers, Cossacks, military adventurers and the Soviets in this well-told, sweeping history. (SIB37, $26.95)
 		  
Historical Atlas of the Arctic  •  Derek Hayes   • EXPLORATION  •  A handsome collection of 300 striking maps, most in glorious color and many presented here for the first time. Hayes provides captivating, scholarly commentary. (ARC135, $64.95)
 		  
Icebound, The Jeanette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole  •  Leonard F. Guttridge   • EXPLORATION  •  The tale of being crushed in the ice and making it ashore on the New Siberian Islands. (ARC43, $22.95)
 		  
The Cruise of the Corwin  •  John Muir  •  William Frederic Bade   • EXPLORATION  •  An account of an 1881 voyage with Muir and others in search of the Jeanette Expedition, this book is also an eyewitness report of little-known lands including the Chukchi Peninsula, Diomede, Wrangel and Herald islands. (ALA76, $18.95)
 		  
The Franz Josef Land Archipelago, E. B. Baldwin's Journal of the Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899  •  E.B. Baldwin  •  P.J. Capelotti   • EXPLORATION  •  The previously unpublished journal of Arctic explorer Evelyn Briggs Baldwin (1862-1933), second in command on the first American expedition to Franz Josef Land. (ARC146, $49.95)
 		  
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back  •  Corey Ford   • EXPLORATION  •  Ford paints a vivid portrait of Georg Steller and his first encounters with the wildlife of Kamchatka, the Bering Sea and Alaska in this gripping tale of discovery and hardship on Bering's Great Nordic Expedition of 1741. (ALA07, $16.95)
 		  
Ada Blackjack  •  Jennifer Niven   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The incredible story of a failed 1921 mission to colonize Wrangel Island that left four men dead and Ada Blackjack, a young Inuit seamstress, alone in the arctic wilderness for six months. (ALA196, $14.99)
 		  
A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic  •  E.C. Pielou   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Islands of the Arctic  •  Julian Dowdeswell  •  Michael Hambrey   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A beautifully illustrated, authoritative overview of the physical geography of the Arctic, especially the role of glaciers and ice in shaping the land and history of northern islands across the Arctic from the Canadian Archipelago, Greenland and Svalbard to the Russian Arctic. (ARC122, $60.00)
 		  
Polar Bears  •  Ian Stirling   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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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