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By Airship to the North Pole, An Archaeology of Human Exploration
• P.J. Capelotti
ARCHAEOLOGY •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 209 PAGES
An aeronautical history of two turn-of-the century expeditions from Danskoya (Danes Island) in Spitsbergen. Capelotti recounts the misadventures of the Swedish expedition led by Salomon Andree (whose remains were never recovered) along with the neglected Wellman expedition, sponsored by the Chicago Record-Herald in 1906. He includes a detailed archaeological analysis of the aerial polar base camps on Danskoya.
(ARC68, $26.00) |
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
• Elizabeth Kolbert
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
An insightful and thought-provoking examination of global warming, how it happens, and what can be done to stop it. Much of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker, where Kolbert is a regular contributor.
(SCI168, $14.95) |
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Frost on My Moustache, The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
• Tim Moore
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 280 PAGES
In this inspired folly, a British comic heads north, supposedly in pursuit of the famous Victorian explorer the "Marquess of Dufferin and Ava." Moore's account of his travels in Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway, the Faroes and other northern locales make for good reading (especially if you appreciate dead-pan British humor on such subjects as vomiting and discomfort).
(ARC74, $16.99) |
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The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold
• Gretel Ehrlich
EXPLORATION •
2005 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
The marvelous Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven, Seven Seasons in Greenland) continues her fascination with out-of-the-way -- and cold -- places with this impressionistic account of journeys to the ends of the earth, encompassing deserts, tundra and mountains from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic Circle. The longest chapters are set in Patagonia and Spitsbergen but the book is not so much about place as the experience of cold.
(ANT215, $13.95) |
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Glacier Ice
• 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. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95) |
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The Svalbard Archipelago
• P.J. Capelotti
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2000 •
PAPER
• 180 PAGES
A reprint of a slim WWII-era report on Spitsbergen by U.S. military intelligence, covering the geography, history and geo-politics of the archipelago, and its strategic significance. With original maps and illustrations. Subtitled "American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar territories, 1941-1950, " Capoletti also includes a 1950 report by the C.I.A.on the country. With 63 photographs, maps, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, appendices, and index.
(ARC91, $49.95) |
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The Ice Balloon
• Alec Wilkinson
EXPLORATION •
2012 •
HARD COVER
• 272 PAGES
New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson recounts the thrilling story of Swedish engineer, aeronaut and explorer Salomon August Andree and his ill-fated attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon with two companions in 1897. Andree's final camp on Kvitoya (White Island) wasn't discovered until 1930. Adapted from Wilkinson's, Annals of Exploration, "The Ice Balloon," The New Yorker, April 19, 2010.
(ARC289, $25.95) |
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Historical Atlas of the Arctic
• 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. The maps show five centuries of exploration with chapters on early notions of the Arctic, Russian exploration, Cook, Peary Franklin, North Pole, Northwest and Northeast passages, territorial claims, and exploration by air. Hayes includes a catalog of maps -- and a final chapter of sonar, satellites and sea ice.
(ARC135, $64.95) |
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North Circumpolar Region
• Canada Map Office
2008 •
MAP
A bird's-eye view of the top of the world, showing the Arctic Ocean and all the lands north of 55 degrees, including the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, Siberia, Northern Europe, and Greenland. Printed on high quality glossy paper, this revised editon, published by Natural Resources Canada, shows bathymetry of the sea floor, named basins and ridges, shaded relief on sea and land, and limits of the tree line and sea ice.
(ARC16, $19.95) |
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A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife
• Richard Sale
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 464 PAGES
• COMING IN
Featuring 400 lively color photographs of Arctic peoples, wildlife and landscapes, this handsomely illustrated book is both a primer on the circumpolar north and a guide to Arctic birds and mammals. With hundreds of spectacular color photographs, color range maps and descriptions of 200 species of birds and 77 kinds of mammals.
(ARC190, $49.95) |
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