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Bradt Guide Spitsbergen

Bradt Guide Spitsbergen

by Andreas Umbreit

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

This excellent introduction to Spitsbergen, Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen Island includes an overview of history, wildlife and nature, color photographs and maps. (NOR01, $26.99)

The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

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)

Arctic Dreams

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)

Polar Bears

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)

Spitsbergen Explorer Map

Spitsbergen Explorer Map

by Ocean Explorer Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A detailed map of Svalbard. (ARC88, $11.95)

 
Norway Map

Norway Map


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • MAP

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 Guide Norway


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

This handsome, illustrated guide covers nature, culture, history and attractions. (NOR29, $25.00)

The Svalbard Archipelago

The Svalbard Archipelago


by P.J. Capelotti

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

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

A Woman in the Polar Night


by Christiane Ritter

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

By Airship to the North Pole, An Archaeology of Human Exploration


by P.J. Capelotti

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 209 PAGES

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

Frost on My Moustache, The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer


by Tim Moore

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

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

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)

Ice Bears and Kotick, Rowing on Top of the World

Ice Bears and Kotick, Rowing on Top of the World


by Peter Webb

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 249 PAGES

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

Innocents in the Arctic, The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition


by Colin Bull

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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

The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold


by Gretel Ehrlich

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

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

The Svalbard Passage


by Thomas Kirkwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

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)

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

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)

Glacier Ice

Glacier Ice


by Austin Post | Edward R. LaChapelle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 145 PAGES

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

The Great White Bear


by Kieran Mulvaney

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 251 PAGES

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

The Great White Bear


by National Geographic Society

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • DVD

National Geographic follows the two-year odyssey of twin polar bear cubs in Spitsbergen. (ARC283, $19.95)

What We Know About Climate Change

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)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • 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

Svalbard, A Guide to Plants of the High Arctic


by Stephen MacLean

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

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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