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	Lonely Planet Greenland and the Arctic  •  Deanna Swaney GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES A comprehensive guide to the circumpolar north, covering Greenland and the Alaskan, the Canadian, the Scandinavian and the Russian Arctic. (ARC73, $26.99)
	The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife  •  Tony Soper  •  Dan Powell FIELD GUIDE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 144 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 glossary of snow and ice. (ARC85, $21.95)
	A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic  •  E.C. Pielou NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 327 PAGES A well written primer on Arctic climate, geography, plants, birds, mammals and insects in a single nicely written book. It's a highly recommended, enthusiastic guide to natural history throughout the North -- a good first choice for even the keenest naturalist. With line drawings, charts, and maps. (ARC03, $22.00)
	The Last Gentleman Adventurer, Coming of Age in the Arctic  •  Edward Beauclerk Maurice  •  Lawrence Millman EXPLORATION •  2006 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES Maurice's poignant tale of coming-of-age with the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic in the 1930s. Posted to Pangnirtung as a remarkably unlikely 17-year-old recruit, Maurice grew into a man with the fur traders and Inuit of Baffin Island, earning the name of Issumatak (One Who Thinks). The memoir, written 50 years after the fact, shows both immediacy and the wisdom of age. Maurice died at 90 in 2003, just as the book was being readied. (ARC173, $14.95)
	Arctic Dreams, Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape  •  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, $15.00)
	North Pole, South Pole Map  •   Canadian Geographic 2007 •  MAP  • 2 PAGES Published in celebration of the 2007-2008 International Polar Year by Canadian Geographic, this handy full-color map shows the Circumpolar North on one side and the Antarctic continent on the reverse, each at a scale of 1:11,000,000. (ARC197, $9.95)

	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, $60.00)
	Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole  •  Fergus Fleming   • EXPLORATION  •  A thrilling, artfully told chronicle of the mostly 19th-century adventurers, madmen and explorers who quested after the North Pole. (ARC124, $15.00)
	North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic  •  Alvah Simon   • EXPLORATION  •  A well crafted tale of adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland aboard a 36-foot sailing yacht, including most memorably a solo winter frozen in the sea ice off Bylot Island. (ARC97, $14.95)
	The Last Imaginary Place  •  Robert McGhee   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  McGhee combines a lifetime of field work, ethnography and travel in this illuminating account of the human history of the Arctic. (ARC164, $18.00)
	The Voyage of the Narwhal  •  Andrea Barrett   • EXPLORATION  •  A gripping work of historical imagination in the form of a 19th-century account of Arctic exploration. It's Barrett's evocative tale of a Philadelphia naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells who sets out on a foolhardy mission in search of the Franklin Expedition in the Canadian Arctic. (ARC40, $14.00)
	This Cold Heaven, Seven Seasons in Greenland  •  Gretel Ehrlich   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  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, $14.95)
	To the Arctic, The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times  •  Jeanette Mirsky   • EXPLORATION  •  With verve and authority, Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch in Spitsbergen to the search for Franklin and the quest for the North Pole in this classic history. (ARC31, $17.00)
	Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North  •  Andre Malaurie   • EXPLORATION  •  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)
	White Paradise, Journeys to the North Pole  •  Francis Latreille   • EXPLORATION  •  From reindeer herders and Inuits to modern-day explorers and travelers, walruses, polar bears and icescapes, this stunning collection of photographs celebrates the Arctic. (ARC192, $40.00)
	The Ends of the Earth, An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic  •  Francis Spufford  •  Elizabeth Kolbert   • LITERATURE  •  A handsome edition of the best polar writing, north and south, including classic accounts of exploration, fiction, science writing and essays. (ANT264, $29.95)
	Polar Bears  •  Ian Stirling  •  Dan Guravich   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A tribute to the polar bear by a pre-eminent researcher, this handsome natural history features 150 outstanding color photographs by the intrepid wildlife photographer Dan Guravich. Stirling enriches chapters on polar bear biology, distribution and abundance, behavior and study with snippets of Inuit legend and hoary tales of field work across the Arctic. (ARC58, $29.95)
	What We Know About Climate Change  •  Kerry Emanuel   • SCIENCE  •  With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel brilliantly lays out the issues, causes and concern about the fate of our climate in plain language in this illuminating essay, as balanced as it is lucid. This is the book to read. (GEO46, $14.95)
	A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish and Other Sea Life  •  Noble S. Proctor  •  Patrick J. Lynch   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive pocket guide to commonly encountered marine mammals, seabirds and other marine life of Northeastern North America, from North Carolina to Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritimes. (NAM24, $19.95)
	Smithsonian Handbook: 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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