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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  •  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)

	Circumpolar North / Greenland Map  •   ITMB    •  This map features the Canada Map Office's stunning North Circumpolar region one side and a detailed map of Greenland on the other. (ARC111, $12.95)
	Northwest Territories and Yukon and Nunavut  •   Canada Map Office    •  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  •  Mark Synnott   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Beautifully illustrated with stunning photos and detailed maps this comprehensive guide covers activities across rugged Baffin Island. (ARC236, $29.95)
	Arctic Visions  •  Fred Breummer   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
	Frozen in Time, The Fate of the Franklin Expedition  •  Owen Beattie  •  John Geiger   • EXPLORATION  •  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)
	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)
	Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey  •  Matthew Henson  •  Deirdre Stam   • EXPLORATION  •  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)
	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)
	Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane  •  Ken McGoogan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  Edmund Blair Bolles   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $16.95)
	The Last Imaginary Place  •  Robert McGhee   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  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  •  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  •  Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch discovery of 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  •  Jean 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)
	The North Pole, A Narrative History  •  Anthony Brandt   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
	James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends  •  James Houston   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Four tales, drawn from the author-illustrator's time in the Canadian Arctic in the 1940s. (ARC259, $8.95)
	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)
	A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife  •  Richard Sale   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This stunning primer features hundreds of spectacular color photographs, range maps and descriptions of 200 birds and 77 mammals. (ARC190, $49.95)
	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 intrepid wildlife photographer Dan Guravich. Stirling intersperses polar bear biology, distribution, behavior and study with snippets of Inuit legend and hoary tales of fieldwork 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)
	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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