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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $106, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARC150)		  
Bradt Guide Spitsbergen  •  Andreas Umbreit
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES
This convenient guide features an overview of the history, wildlife and natural history of Spitsbergen along with a few color photographs and many maps. It's a good one-volume introduction to the archipelago, revised with this edition to also include sections on Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen. (NOR01, $26.99)		   Bradt Guide Spitsbergen
The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife  •  Tony Soper
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 a glossary of snow and ice. (ARC85, $21.95)		   The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
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, $16.00)		   Arctic Dreams
Polar Bears  •  Ian Stirling
NATURAL HISTORY •  2011 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES
A tribute to the polar bear by preeminent researcher Ian Stirling and intrepid photographer Dan Guravich, featuring 160 color photographs. It's an excellent combination of outstanding color photography, solid information on natural history and Inuit lore. With chapters on polar bear biology, distribution and abundance, behavior and study, the polar bears of Churchill, environmental concerns and the conflicts between people and bears. (ARC58, $40.00)		   Polar Bears
Spitsbergen Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •  MAP
A detailed map of Svalbard for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with illustrated biographies of 27 explorers and a brief guide to wildlife on the reverse. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Tony Soper contributed the natural history information. (ARC88, $11.95)		   Spitsbergen Explorer Map



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Norway Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications    •  A handsome map of Norway at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with a place index and shaded relief. (NOR05, $11.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Norway  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handsome, illustrated guide covers nature, culture, history and attractions. (NOR29, $25.00)
 		  
The Svalbard Archipelago  •  P.J. Capelotti   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A reprint of a WWII-era report on Spitsbergen by U.S. intelligence, covering the geography, history and geo-politics of the archipelago. With 63 photographs, maps, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, appendices, and an index. (ARC91, $49.95)
 		  
A Woman in the Polar Night  •  Christiane Ritter   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Svalbard. Ritter's classic account of living in a hut with her husband on the north coast of Spitsbergen in the 1930s "to read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, to sleep to my heart's content" conveys the radiant beauty and magic of the Arctic. (ARC278, $19.95)
 		  
By Airship to the North Pole, An Archaeology of Human Exploration  •  P.J. Capelotti   • EXPLORATION  •  A history of Salomon Andree, Charles Wellman and the first attempts to reach the North Pole by airship. This book includes a detailed archaeological analysis of the aerial polar base camps in Spitsbergen. (ARC68, $26.00)
 		  
Frost on My Moustache, The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer  •  Tim Moore   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this inspired folly, a British comic heads to Iceland, Spitsbergen and other northern locales in pursuit of a fictitious Arctic hero. (ARC74, $16.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
Ice Bears and Kotick, Rowing on Top of the World  •  Peter Webb   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Webb's thrilling tale of circumnavigating Spitsbergen by boat also includes stories of the people who live at this remote outpost. (ARC262, $17.95)
 		  
Innocents in the Arctic, The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition  •  Colin Bull   • EXPLORATION  •  A marvelous account of scientific adventure in the far north in 1951, drawn from Bull's field notes, journals and published reports. (ARC176, $19.95)
 		  
The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold  •  Gretel Ehrlich   • EXPLORATION  •  The marvelous Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven) continues her fascination with out-of-the-way places with this account of journeys to the ends of the earth, including chapters set in Patagonia and Spitsbergen. The book is not so much about place as the experience of cold. (ANT215, $13.95)
 		  
The Svalbard Passage  •  Thomas Kirkwood   • LITERATURE  •  This Cold War thriller, lush in the details of its Arctic setting, opens with a description and map of the Spitsbergen archipelago. (NOR31, $15.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Glacier Ice  •  Austin Post  •  Edward R. LaChapelle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
 		  
The Great White Bear  •  Kieran Mulvaney   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A journalist with an affinity for the wild (he once lived on the shores of Cook Inlet), Mulvaney combines natural and human history, myth and eyewitness reports from Barrow, Churchill and other locales for this astute chronicle. (ARC267, $26.00)
 		  
The Great White Bear  •  National Geographic Society   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  National Geographic follows the two-year odyssey of twin polar bear cubs in Spitsbergen. (ARC283, $19.95)
 		  
What We Know About Climate Change  •  Kerry Emanuel   • SCIENCE  •  With the power of a polished lecturer, Emanuel outlines the issues, causes and concerns about the fate of our climate. (GEO46, $14.95)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
Svalbard, A Guide to Plants of the High Arctic  •  Stephen MacLean   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Take it along. The veteran naturalist's slim guide features large color photographs of commonly encountered lichen, buttercups, sandworts, saxifrages and other plants of the tundra. (ARC266, $14.95)
 		  
 
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