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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $105, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXALA222)		  
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back  •  Corey Ford
EXPLORATION •  1992 •  PAPER  • 206 PAGES
A gripping tale of naturalist Georg Steller and Bering's Second Expedition in 1741. Chronicling one of the great stories of exploration, Ford paints a vivid portrait of Steller and his first encounter with the wildlife of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Alaskan coast. A classic, first published in 1966, it's subtitled "The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska." (ALA07, $16.95)		   Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
Kamchatka, A Journal & Guide  •  Diana Gleadhill
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 312 PAGES
This handsomely illustrated compact guide, the first to the region, introduces the nature, wildlife, history and people of Kamchatka. With hundreds of superb color photographs, maps and travel information. (ARC201, $24.95)		   Kamchatka, A Journal & Guide
North to the Orient  •  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
EXPLORATION •  1966 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir of the great circle route from New York to the Tokyo includes Anne Morrow Lindbergh's adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze. (ARC36, $12.95)		   North to the Orient
Bering, The Russian Discovery of America  •  Orcutt Frost
HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 330 PAGES
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, including his relationship with naturalist Georg Steller. Frost covers the two extraordinary Kamchatka expeditions in detail. Bering and his men discovered the strait (named after Bering) separating Asia and America -- and the expedition was the first to map the west coast of North America. Frost, an authority, also edited Steller's account of the voyage, Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 (RUS63). He quotes extensively from Stellar's account, who emerges as one of the book's stars. (SIB33, $35.00)		   Bering, The Russian Discovery of America
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Region of Wonders  •  Terry Johnson
NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 191 PAGES
An up-to-date, fact-filled illustrated primer on the region, its geography, marine and terrestrial life, mineral resources, industry and culture. With good color photographs of seabirds, marine mammals and marine life. (ALA197, $25.00)		   The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Region of Wonders



Also Recommended

Alaska Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps    •  An informative, well-illustrated map of all Alaska at a scale of 1:3,800,000, aimed at cruise and expedition travelers in the region. (ALA153, $11.95)
 		  
Katmai National Park & Preserve Map 248  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A folded, topographic map of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve. (ALA111, $11.95)
 		  
Alaska, An American Colony  •  Stephen Haycox   • HISTORY  •  This engaging, scholarly history, divided between Russian exploration and the American period, offers a cultural, political and environmental overview of Alaska, also exploring the colonization and exploitation of its indigenous people and the power of myth in shaping our national perceptions of the region. (ALA160, $18.95)
 		  
Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall  •  Andrew Meier   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Meier ventures far outside the Kremlin gates for this account of the lives typical Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A vivid, insightful portrait. (RUS236, $16.95)
 		  
Russia's Far East, A Region at Risk  •  Judith Thornton  •  Charles Ziegler   • HISTORY  •  These 18 review articles, all by leading scholars on the region, offer a detailed analysis of economic and political conditions since the collapse of the Soviet Union, focusing particularly on the strategic importance of the Russian Far East. (RUS205, $34.95)
 		  
Shackleton of the Antarctic  •  T. H. Baughman   • HISTORY  •  Baughman distills the drama, glory and guts of Ernest Shackleton -- and his admirable life of adventure -- into just over 100 pages. (ANT294, $12.95)
 		  
The Aleutian Islands, Living on the Edge  •  Ken Wilson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A well-realized portrait of place, comprising oral history from the native Unangan people, essays on island life and hundreds of images of the Aleutians' natural wonders and wild weather. (ALA288, $45.00)
 		  
The Museum at the End of the World, Encounters in the Russian Far East  •  Alexia Bloch  •  Laurel Kendall   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  In this astute book, two anthropologists recount their 1998 journey in the footsteps of Franz Boas and the ambitious Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), interweaving their own travels with history and ethnography. With chapters on travels in Chukotka, Magadan, Anadyr, Khabarovsk, Petropavlovsk and Esso in Kamchatka's central volcanic range. (SIB39, $29.95)
 		  
The Native People of Alaska  •  Steven Langdon   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A brief overview of the indigenous peoples of Alaska, with 55 photographs, maps and illustrations. Organized by group, it includes chapters on the northern, Bering Sea and Aleut Eskimos, people of the interior and Pacific Northwest coast. (ALA181, $9.95)
 		  
The Russian Far East, A History  •  John J. Stephan   • HISTORY  •  The first history of Russia's least-known region in any language, this comprehensive book is a readable, scholarly history of the Russian Far East from prehistory to the break-up of the Soviet Union. (RUS34, $32.95)
 		  
The Thousand-Mile War, World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians  •  Brian Garfield   • HISTORY  •  A gripping account of the Aleutian Island campaign (1942-43), originally published in 1969. Many of the islands, depicted in black-and-white photographs, are littered with WWII era runways, huts and other relics. (ALA114, $24.95)
 		  
Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s  •  Tim Baughman   • EXPLORATION  •  This well written account of the pioneering Antarctic encounters stars Carsten Borchgrevnink, who spent the first winter on the continent in 1898 at the hut still standing at Cape Adare, and other early explorers. (ANT105, $16.00)
 		  
Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742  •  Georg Wilhelm Steller  •  O. W. Frost   • EXPLORATION  •  The original account of the European discovery of Alaska, including a vivid description of the harrowing return voyage. (RUS63, $24.95)
 		  
Pilgrims on the Ice, Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition  •  Tim Baughman   • EXPLORATION  •  Baughman brings to life all the excitement and accomplishments of Captain Scott's first Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904 in this scholarly, level-headed evaluation of the Discovery expedition. (ANT106, $18.95)
 		  
Tent Life in Siberia  •  George Kennan  •  Larry McMurtry   • EXPLORATION  •  Kennan's spirited account of his adventures among the people, little-known cultures and snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East, originally published in 1871. (RUS142, $17.95)
 		  
Steller's Island: Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska  •  Dean Littlepage   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The riveting tale of Vitus Bering's great six-year expedition from Kamchatka to Alaska -- and of naturalist Geog Steller's celebrated discoveries in Russia and the New World. (ALA242, $17.95)
 		  
To a Distant Island  •  James McConkey   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A transporting tale combining exquisite language and insightful commentary on Chekhov and his remarkable journey in 1890 from Moscow to Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. (RUS269, $14.95)
 		  
The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001  •  Thomas S. Litwin  •  David Rockefeller   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A wide-ranging selection of articles on the history, culture, and ecology of Alaska, with contributions from William Cronon, Kim Heacox, and Richard Nelson. (ALA199, $29.95)
 		  
Into Brown Bear Country  •  Will Troyer   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Filled with up-close photographs, this is an excellent introduction to the brown bears of Kodiak and Katmai, mixing natural history with the author's own experiences studying and photographing bears for nearly fifty years. (ALA222, $24.95)
 		  
Seven Words for Wind, Essays and Field Notes from Alaska's Pribilof Islands  •  Sumner MacLeish   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  With two maps and 23 black-and-white photographs, this small book is a vivid meditation on life in the remote Pribilofs. (ALA72, $16.95)
 		  
Steller's History of Kamchatka  •  Georg Wilhelm Steller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Steller's handwritten notes on Kamchatka and the Kamchadals, written in 1743-1744 after Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition, are here translated into English for the first time. (SIB36, $34.95)
 		  
Wild Asia, Spirit of a Continent  •  Mark Brazil  •  Art Wolfe   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Organized by bioregion, this lavishly illustrated survey covers plants, animals, habitats and landscapes from the Himalayas to India, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East. (ASA33, $49.95)
 		  
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East Asia  •  Shimba Tadao   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring 800 color photographs, up-to-date range maps and notes on identification. (JPN264, $40.00)
 		  
Alaska Wildlife  •  Pocket Naturalist   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This laminated card features color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered birds, mammals and reptiles of Alaska. We also carry Alaska Birds. (Item ALA207) (ALA123, $5.95)
 		  
Alaska's Bears  •  Bill Sherwonit   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This shirt pocket photographic guide to grizzlies, black bears and polar bears covers ecology, natural history and conservation. (ALA63, $12.95)
 		  
Alaska's Seashore Creatures: A Guide to Selected Marine Invertebrates  •  Carmen Field  •  Conrad Field   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim, illustrated guide to more than 50 invertebrates found along the coast of Alaska. (ALA80, $12.95)
 		  
Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia  •  Mark Brazil   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Brazil's comprehensive guide, featuring 234 color plates, includes Japan, Taiwan and the islands along with the adjacent areas of Asia from Kamchatka to Korea. (JPN332, $39.95)
 		  
Marine Mammals of Alaska  •  Kate Wynne   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Designed for use in the field, this indispensable guide features large color photographs, key information and detailed range maps for all the whales, seals and other marine creatures of Alaska and the Bering Sea across to Russia. (ALA08, $25.00)
 		  
Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific  •  Sea Grant Alaska  •  Pieter Folkens   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals. (ALA143, $10.00)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
The Nature of Alaska  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This clear illustrated field guide to mammals, birds, seashore life, fishes, trees, shrubs and wildflowers features 300 color illustrations. (ALA137, $14.95)
 		  
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises  •  Mark Carwardine   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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