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Arctic Crossing, A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture

Arctic Crossing, A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture


by Jonathan Waterman

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

A riveting account of a 2,200 mile solo journey across the Arctic from Prudhoe Bay to the Gulf of Boothia by kayak, accomplished in stages from 1997-1999. (ARC98, $16.95)

Arctic Discoveries, Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North

Arctic Discoveries, Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North


by John R. Bockstoce

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 122 PAGES

This handsome collection of 100 color photographs documents people and places in throughout the circumpolar north. (ARC154, $29.95)

Arctic Kingdom, Life at the Edge

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 Mission

Arctic Mission


by Discovery Channel

  • EXPLORATION
  • DVD

This 5-disc set includes the voyage of the SEDNA from Montreal to Vancouver across the Northwest Passage and episodes on global warming and its impact on the people and the wildlife of the North. (ARC215, $19.95)

Arctic Wildlife Nature Activity Book

Arctic Wildlife Nature Activity Book


by James Kavanagh

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 32 PAGES

An informative and entertaining book of games, facts and quizzes about animals and natural history for kids, published by the Pocket Naturalist series. (ARC171, $6.95)

Call of the North, An Explorer's Journey to the North Pole

Call of the North, An Explorer's Journey to the North Pole


by Andre Malaurie

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

A handsome, oversize memoir and celebration of the Inuit by the French polar explorer (Last Kings of Thule), featuring 300 of Malaurie's color photographs spanning 50 years in the Arctic. Malaurie became the first Frenchman to reach the Pole by dogsled in 1951. (ARC109, $60.00)

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)

Great Exploration Hoaxes


by Jan Morris | David Roberts

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The story behind the first-ever claims for the North Pole, Mount McKinley and eight other expeditions that have landed in controversy. (EXP09, $19.00)

The Humboldt Current: 19th-Century Exploration and the Sources of American Envionmentalism


by Aaron Sachs

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

Aaron Sachs takes on the towering figure of the early 19th-century scientist explorer, Alexander von Humbodt, revered by Darwin and celebrated in Europe and America, to trace the history of American exploration. (EXP43, $16.00)

The Idea of North


by Peter Davidson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A meditation on the concept of "northerly places," which draws upon famous writings, mythology, films and visual art to create a dynamic portrait of life in cold northern lands. (ARC159, $27.00)

Midnight Sun


by Lawrence Osgood

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

A novel about the eerie intertwining lives of the people of the town of Poniktuk, a small village on the Beaufort Sea. (ARC170, $16.95)

Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole

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)

The North Pole, A Narrative History

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)

North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic

North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic


by Alvah Simon

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A well crafted tale of adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland aboard a 36-foot sailing yacht, including most memorably a solo winter frozen in the sea ice off Bylot Island. (ARC97, $14.95)

Points Unknown, A Century of Great Exploration

Points Unknown, A Century of Great Exploration


by David Roberts

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

Luminaries as Sir Ernest Shackleton and Freya Stark bump against modern journalist-adventurers like Eric Newby, Eric Hansen and Tom Wolfe in this anthology of 20th-century exploration. Edited by Outside contributor, author and mountaineer David Roberts. (EXP08, $29.95)

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)

Prisoners of the North


by Pierre Berton

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

In this engaging series of biographies, Berton recounts the lives and adventures of poet Robert Service, gold prospector Joe Boyle and other personalities of the Canadian North. (CND217, $26.00)

Silent Snow, The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic

Silent Snow, The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic


by Marla Cone

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

On a journey intended to investigate the deteriorating Arctic environment, Cone travels across the northern region and makes several surprising discoveries about the dangers of pollution and how toxic chemicals from around the world end up contaminating the Arctic. (ARC181, $14.00)

The Terror, A Novel


by Dan Simmons

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 771 PAGES

Inspired by actual events, Simmons turns the tale of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition and its doomed crew into a suspenseful thriller. (ARC195, $14.99)

Trial by Ice, The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition


by Richard Parry

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A definitive account of the 1871 Polaris expedition into the Arctic details the conflicts that threatened the journey from its inception, the mysterious death of expedition leader Charles Francis Hall, a veteran Arctic explorer, the disaster that destroyed the Polaris, the ordeal of its survivors, and the killer who got away with murder more than a century ago. (ARC167, $14.00)

True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole

True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole


by Bruce Henderson

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 331 PAGES

Henderson tackles the bitter rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, along with the competing claims, controversy and politics of who first reached the North Pole. (ARC158, $24.95)

Under Polaris, An Arctic Quest


by Tahoe Talbot Washburn

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 264 PAGES

A record of Arctic living and adventure by a woman who accompanied her husband to the Canadian Arctic. (ARC82, $27.50)

The Voyage of the Narwhal

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)

White Paradise, Journeys to the North Pole

White Paradise, Journeys to the North Pole


by Francis Latreille

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 232 PAGES

From reindeer herders and Inuits to modern-day explorers and travelers, walruses, polar bears and icescapes, this stunning collection of photographs celebrates the Arctic. (ARC192, $40.00)

 

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