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The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

by Tony Soper

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2007
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

This compact guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the circumpolar north features handsome watercolor illustrations and lively text. (ARC85, $21.95)

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

by E.C. Pielou

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 1994
• PAPER
• 327 PAGES

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)

The Last Gentleman Adventurer

by 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). (ARC173, $14.95)

Arctic Dreams

by Barry Lopez

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 417 PAGES
• FAVORITE

A dazzling meditation on the Arctic, breathtaking in scope. Lopez draws on his travels throughout the North, including Baffin Island, the Chukchi and Bering seas, Alaska, the Yukon and Greenland, interweaving natural history, accounts of early exploration, anecdote and lore into an indelible portrait of place. (ARC11, $16.00)

North Pole, South Pole Map

by Canadian Geographic

• 2007
• MAP
• 2 PAGES

This simple color map shows the Circumpolar North on one side and the Antarctic continent on the reverse at a scale of 1:11,000,000. (ARC197, $9.95)

 

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Circumpolar North / Greenland Map

by ITMB

• 2009
• MAP

With the North Circumpolar region on one side, including Iceland, and a detailed map of Greenland on the other. (ARC111, $12.95)

Northwest Territories and Yukon and Nunavut

by Canada Map Office

• 2000
• MAP

A full-color rolled map of Northern and Arctic Canada, covering the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut a scale of 1:4 million. (CND280, $19.95)

Baffin Island: Climbing, Trekking & Skiing

by Mark Synnott

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

Beautifully illustrated with stunning photos and detailed maps this comprehensive guide covers activities across rugged Baffin Island. (ARC236, $29.95)

Arctic Visions

by Fred Breummer

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

Celebrated photographer Bruemmer showcases the Arctic's majestic beauty and rare culture, recounting intimate moments he spent with the native peoples living, hunting, and surviving in an environment of almost unimaginable harshness. (ARC223, $40.00)

Inuit Folk-Tales

by Knud Rasmussen

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2009
• PAPER
• 303 PAGES

This pocket edition of 50 tales of daily, world view and mythology were collected by the great Rasmussen along the whole west coast of Greenland at the turn of the last century. (ARC227, $19.95)

Who Owns the Arctic?, Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North

by Michael Byers

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 179 PAGES

Who actually controls the Northwest Passage? Who owns the trillions of dollars of oil and gas beneath the Arctic Ocean? A leading Arctic expert and international lawyer, Byers clearly and concisely explains the sometimes contradictory rules governing the division and protection of the Arctic in this timely little primer. (ARC276, $17.95)

Frozen in Time, The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

by Owen Beattie | John Geiger

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 185 PAGES

An exhaustive examination of the evidence surrounding the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition. Beattie and Geiger, a forensic anthropologist and historian, build a credible tale of the disappearance of the expedition. (ARC81, $22.95)

Ghosts of Cape Sabine, The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition

by Leonard F. Guttridge

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Abandoned to their fate, all but six of the 25 men of the Greely Expedition died before their much-delayed rescue at "Starvation Camp" on Pym Island in the Canadian Arctic in 1883. (ARC71, $26.95)

Historical Atlas of the Arctic

by Derek Hayes

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 208 PAGES

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)

Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey

by Matthew Henson | Deirdre Stam

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 232 PAGES

This Explorer's Club edition of Matthew Henson's polar exploits, originally published in 1912, includes a thoughtful overview of his life by editor Deirdre Stam and period photographs. Drawing on the Explorer's Club archives, it is published in commemoration of the centennial of Peary and Hanson's 1909 quest for the Pole. (ARC113, $19.95)

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by Rockwell Kent | Edward Hoagland

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 282 PAGES

The classic account of a 1929 sailing voyage from Labrador to Greenland, illustrated with wood-block prints by the author on every other page. (ARC35, $22.95)

Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 496 PAGES

A thrilling, artfully told chronicle of the mostly 19th-century adventurers, madmen and explorers who quested after the North Pole. (ARC124, $15.00)

Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane

by Ken McGoogan

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2009
• PAPER
• 380 PAGES

McGoogan's engrossing biography of the supremely literate explorer who forged a unique, life-saving alliance with the Inuit, discovered "the American route to the North Pole" and most famously, led an daring escape in sleds and small boats from his ship trapped in the ice. (ARC209, $15.95)

The Ice Finders, How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age

by Edmund Blair Bolles

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2000
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

A wonderfully eccentric history of 19th-century science, focusing on three personalities and their ideas about the role of ice in Earth's history. Each contributed to the Victorian debate among scientists, explorers and the man on the street about the nature of the polar regions. (ARC78, $17.95)

The Last Imaginary Place

by Robert McGhee

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2007
• PAPER
• 296 PAGES

A curator at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 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

by Andrea Barrett

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

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, $14.95)

This Cold Heaven

by Gretel Ehrlich

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES
• 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, $18.95)

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

by Jean Malaurie

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 399 PAGES

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)

The Greenlanders

by Jane Smiley

• LITERATURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 608 PAGES
• FAVORITE

This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland. (ARC08, $15.95)

The North Pole, A Narrative History

by Anthony Brandt

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 413 PAGES

Anthony Brandt samples the literature of exploration for this anthology. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into three parts: early exploration; the quest for the Northwest Passage; and North Pole journeys. (ARC155, $15.00)

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife

by Richard Sale

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2006
• HARD COVER
• 464 PAGES

This stunning primer features hundreds of spectacular color photographs, range maps and descriptions of 200 birds and 77 mammals. (ARC190, $49.95)

Arctic Kingdom, Life at the Edge

by National Geographic Society

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2009
• DVD

Filmed in the Canadian arctic, this breathtaking entry in Nat Geo's Last Great Places series stars polar bears, ringed seals, arctic foxes bowhead and beluga whales, narwhals and other Arctic wildlife. Narrated by James Coburn. (ARC284, $19.95)

Arctic Kingdom, Life at the Edge

by National Geographic Society

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2009
• DVD

Filmed in the Canadian arctic, this breathtaking entry in Nat Geo's Last Great Places series stars polar bears, ringed seals, arctic foxes bowhead and beluga whales, narwhals and other Arctic wildlife. Narrated by James Coburn. (ARC284, $19.95)

Polar Bears

by Ian Stirling

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 232 PAGES

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)

Through the Eyes of the Vikings, An Aerial Vision of Arctic Lands

by Robert B. Haas

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES

In this captivating collection of oversized aerial photographs, Haas (Through the Eyes of the Gods) reveals the surprising diversity of color and life in the arctic landscape. (ARC270, $50.00)

What We Know About Climate Change

by Kerry Emanuel

• SCIENCE
• 2007
• HARD COVER
• 85 PAGES

With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel outlines the issues, causes and concerns about the fate of our climate. (GEO46, $14.95)

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

by Mark Carwardine

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2002
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

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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