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	Ancient Mariner, The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece • Ken McGoogan • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • McGoogan tells the adventurous 18th-century story of Samuel Hearne, the first European to write about the Arctic -- and maybe the inspiration for Coleridge's classic poem. (ARC166, $14.95)
	Arctic Adventure, My Life in the Frozen North • Peter Freuchen • Gretel Ehrlich • EXPLORATION • OUT OF PRINT • A marvelous account of life in remote northwest Greenland, originally published in 1935. Freuchen ran a trading post at Thule with Knud Rasmussen. (ARC133, $17.95)
	Arctic Discoveries, Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North • John R. Bockstoce • EXPLORATION • This handsome collection of 100 color photographs documents people and places in throughout the circumpolar north. (ARC154, $29.95)
	Arctic Superstars • William Putnam • EXPLORATION • An American Alpine Club centennial celebration of Adolphus Greely and George Melville. (ARC144, $19.95)
	Aurora • Candace Savage • SCIENCE • Savage unveils the mystery, myth and science of the Northern Lights in stunning color celestial photographs, drawings and essays. (ARC106, $19.95)
	Aurora: The Northern Lights in Mythology, History and Science • Torbjorn Lovgren • Harald Falck Ytter • SCIENCE • OUT OF PRINT • An account of the history, folklore and science of the Northern Lights. (ARC105, $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)
	Call of the North, An Explorer's Journey to the North Pole • Andre Malaurie • EXPLORATION • 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)
	Coming into the Country • John McPhee • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE • McPhee's lyrical portrait of frontier life and some unforgettable Alaskan characters captures the spirit of the place like no other. (ALA04, $17.00)
	Cook and Peary, The Polar Controversy Resolved • Robert M. Bryce • EXPLORATION • A massive and massively detailed book, the most thorough examination yet of Peary and Cook's competing claims to have been the first-ever at the North Pole. (ARC44, $50.00)
	Disaster at the Pole, The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole • Wilbur Cross • EXPLORATION • A thrilling account of the crash of the airship Italia in 1928 and the political aftermath in an increasingly fascist Europe. (ARC84, $24.95)
	The Discovery of Global Warming • Spencer Weart • SCIENCE • A cool-headed analysis and history of our current understanding of planetary weather. (SCI66, $16.95)
	Drawing Shadows to Stone • Laurel Kendall • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • Featuring 83 photographs, this book is a record of the 1897 American Museum of Natural History expedition to Alaska and Siberia under Franz Boas. It illuminates the anthropology of peoples on both sides of Bering Strait. (ARC34, $22.50)
	Driving to Greenland • Peter Stark • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • Stark is an adventurous, entertaining writer -- whether he's at the precipice of the monster ski jump in Iron Mountain, Michigan, squeezed into a kayak with the local Greenlanders or on the road in Iceland. (ARC69, $14.95)
	The Eskimos • Ernest S. Burch, Jr. • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A beautifully illustrated, authoritative portrait of diverse peoples, cultures and landscapes of the circumpolar north with a focus on the Eskimo peoples of Alaska. (ARC165, $19.95)
	Far Afield • Susanna Kaysen • LITERATURE • This charming novel about a social anthropologist off on a grant to study the residents of the Faroes wonderfully evokes the people, culture and windswept landscapes of the islands. (ICL08, $14.00)
	Farthest North • Fridtjof Nansen • EXPLORATION • The great Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen's classic account of the voyage of the Fram, originally published in 1897. His compelling adventure jumps from the page through maps and photographs. (ARC60, $17.95)
	Farthest North, A History of North Polar Exploration in Eyewitness Accounts • Clive Holland • EXPLORATION • An anthology of eyewitness accounts, this book excerpts the memoirs and adventure tales of Peary, Franklin, de Long, Nansen and other great polar explorers in search of the North Pole. (ARC55, $12.95)
	The Flight of the Red Knot • Brian Harrington • NATURAL HISTORY • The tale of the annual migration of a sandpier 18,000 miles between Brazil and Hudson Bay. (GEN67, $29.95)
	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, $13.95)
	Frozen Earth, The Once and Future Story of the Ice Ages • Doug Macdougall • SCIENCE • An balanced history of the ice ages and climatology (SCI76, $16.95)
	The Frozen Echo, Greenland and the Exploration of North America, 1000-1500 • Kirsten Seaver • HISTORY • A scholarly account of Norse settlements in Greenland and Canada -- the best analysis of the subject to be published in decades. (ARC76, $29.95)
	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)
	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)
	Glaciers • Michael Hambrey • SCIENCE • This lively, illustrated overview of glaciers and glacial phenomena from Scandinavia to Alaska, Antarctica and Central Park features 200 color photographs and expert commentary. (GEO03, $85.00)
	Great North, Celebrating Man, Animal, and Landscape at the Top of the World • Martin Dignard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A dazzling portrait of the wildlife, landscapes and cultures of the circumpolar north, originally presented in IMAX theaters. At the heart of the film are the caribou herds of the Inuktitut of northern Quebec. 41 minutes. (ARC152, $19.99)
	The Greenlanders • Jane Smiley • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland. (ARC08, $15.95)
	H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books • H. W. Tilman • EXPLORATION • An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer. (EXP13, $38.00)
	Handbook of North American Indians: Arctic • David Damas • REFERENCE • An encyclopedia of the culture, art, ceremony and history of the native peoples of the Arctic. (ARC15, $52.00)
	Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette • Edward Ellsberg • EXPLORATION • This limited edition of the dramatic fictionalized account of the doomed Jeanette Expedition and their time in the New Siberian Islands includes a CD of the original 1938 radio play by Orson Well's Merculy Thetaer. (ARC138, $27.95)
	High Latitudes, An Arctic Journey • Farley Mowat • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A chronicle of Mowat's hopscotch across the Canadian Arctic in 1966 on behalf of the Canadian government. In high spirits, Mowat encounters and interviews an eccentric cast of characters throughout the north. (ARC141, $15.95)
	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)
	Holman, Forty Years of Graphic Art • Darlene Coward Wight • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An exhibition catalog from the Winnepeg Art Gallery. (ARC120, $25.00)
	The Horizontal Everest, Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island • Jerry Kobalenko • EXPLORATION • OUT OF PRINT • A warm tribute to a very remote, cold place. Kobalenko combines tales of personal adventure, history and rumination with a handsome collection of photographs. (ARC115, $15.00)
	Ice Ages, Solving the Mystery • Katherine Palmer Imbrie • John Imbrie • NATURAL HISTORY • An examination of the geologic evidence explaining the Earth's ice ages, written for a general audience. (GEO17, $23.00)
	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, $14.95)
	The Ice Master, The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk • Jennifer Niven • EXPLORATION • A well-researched and detailed account of the ambitious Canadian Arctic Expedition. Nivens draws on diaries, journals and letters to reconstruct, month by month, the explorers' tragic fate in the Russian Arctic surrounding Wrangel Island. (ARC130, $14.95)
	The Idea of North • Peter Davidson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
	In the Land of White Death, An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic • Valerian Albanov • David Roberts • Jon Krakauer • EXPLORATION • A Russian sailor trapped aboard a ship in the ice sets out over the pack for Franz Josef Land. (SIB16, $14.95)
	Islands of the Arctic • Julian Dowdeswell • Michael Hambrey • NATURAL HISTORY • The authors, glaciologists both, use examples from their work in Greenland, Spitsbergen, Russia and the Canadian Arctic in this illustrated survey. (ARC122, $50.00)
	The Karluk's Last Voyage • Capt. Robert Bartlett • EXPLORATION • A personal account Karluk expedition by its captain (ARC129, $18.95)
	Last Places, A Journey in the North • Lawrence Millman • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Millman explores the culture and history of the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland in this often-hilarious account of his travels in the wake of the ancient Vikings. (ARC54, $13.00)
	The Last Voyage of the Karluk, A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster • William McKinlay • EXPLORATION • An eyewitness account of losing the ship and the harrowing events surrounding the camp on Wrangel Island. (ARC131, $12.95)
	Light at the Edge of the World • Wade Davis • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic Davis surveys the global diversity of peoples and cultures in this meditative account of travels from the Arctic to the Amazon to Borneo. (WLD34, $16.95)
	Lonely Planet Greenland and the Arctic • Deanna Swaney • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the circumpolar north, covering Greenland and the Alaskan, the Canadian, the Scandinavian and the Russian Arctic. (ARC73, $26.99)
	Lonely Planet Iceland • Deanna Swaney • GUIDEBOOK • A concise guide to Iceland with short essays on history, culture and attractions and plenty of practical travel information. (ICL06, $22.99)
	Lost in the Arctic • Lawrence Millman • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology of far-ranging, insightful and funny essays on travels, and not just in the north. (ARC125, $15.95)
	Marine Mammals of Alaska • Kate Wynne • FIELD GUIDE • Designed for use in the field, this indispensable guide features large color photographs, key information and detailed range maps for all the whales, seals and other marine creatures of Alaska and the Bering Sea across to Russia. (ALA08, $25.00)
	My Attainment of the Pole • Frederick A. Cook • Robert Bryce • EXPLORATION • Cook's original, and much disputed, account of his expedition to the North Pole. This edition includes several new assessments of the dispute whether he ever made it to the Pole. (ARC100, $19.95)
	N by E • Rockwell Kent • Edward Hoagland • EXPLORATION • The classic account of a 1929 sailing voyage from Labrador to Greenland, illustrated with wood-block prints by the author on every other page. (ARC35, $19.95)
	Nanook of the North • Robert J. Flaherty • EXPLORATION • A gorgeously produced DVD of the groundbreaking Nanook of the North, originally released in 1922. (ARC153, $29.95)
	Nansen • Roland Huntford • EXPLORATION • The centerpiece of Huntford's masterful biography of the polar explorer is the gripping account of the drift of the Fram -- and Nansen's epic trek across the ice to Franz Josef Land. (ARC121, $29.95)
	National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America • National Geographic • FIELD GUIDE • From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry. (FG09, $24.00)
	The Navigator of New York • Wayne Johnston • LITERATURE • An absorbing novel interweaving details of the real-life race to the North Pole, and the tale of a young man drawn into their world. (ARC127, $15.95)
	A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of Matthew Henson • Matthew Henson • S. Allen Counter • EXPLORATION • A handsome edition of Henson's 1912 memoir recounting his polar exploits, and two-decade-long association with Robert Peary. With 50 nicely reproduced period photographs. (ARC113, $14.95)
	No Man's River • Farley Mowat • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of Mowat's experiences working as a biologist n Manitoba after World War II. (ARC157, $14.95)
	The North Pole • Robert E. Peary • Robert Bryce • EXPLORATION • A reprint of the original, and much disputed, account of Peary's 1909 journey to the North Pole. Robert Bryce provides the introduction for this new edition, setting the controversy in historical context. (ARC99, $22.95)
	North Pole Legacy: Black, White, and Eskimo • S. Allen Counter • EXPLORATION • A biography and reconsideration of Matt Henson. (ARC114, $14.95)
	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)
	North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic • Alvah Simon • EXPLORATION • 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)
	North to the Orient • Anne Morrow Lindbergh • EXPLORATION • A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir includes adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze. (ARC36, $12.00)
	The Northern Copper Inuit, A History • Julia Ogina • Richard G. Condon • HISTORY • A vivid history of the Holman region of the Northwest Territories. (ARC119, $34.95)
	The Northern Lights, The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis • Lucy Jago • SCIENCE • The compelling story of Kristian Birkeland, the turn-of-the-century Norwegian scientist who devoted his career to understanding the aurora borealis, this book also covers the science, history, myth and romance of the phenomenon. (ARC104, $14.00)
	Northern Lights: The Science, Myth and Wonder of Aurora Borealis • Calvin Hall • Daryl Pederson • George Bryson • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An essay and collection of photos of the aurora borealis. (ARC126, $19.95)
	On the Wing, To the Edge of the World with the Peregrine Falcon • Alan Tennant • NATURAL HISTORY • Naturalist Tennant tries to follow Peregrine Falcons along their migratory route to the Arctic and back, using radio-ID tags and flying behind in an old airplane. (WLD46, $25.00)
	Paddle to the Arctic • Don Starkell • EXPLORATION • Not simply the story of a man in a kayak, this diary of a 3,000-mile journey from Churchill to Tuktoyaktut captures the challenges of the Northwest Passage. (ARC26, $15.95)
	Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered • Tim Cahill • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A collection of enertatining travel essays. (WLD01, $13.00)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings • John Haywood • REFERENCE • The history of the Vikings told through a series of innovative maps and excellent photographs. This book traces the route of the 9th-century Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World. (VIK02, $20.00)
	Polar Bears • Nikita Ovskynikov • NATURAL HISTORY • This illustrated natural history of the polar bear draws on the author's work on Wrangel Island. (ARC57, $17.95)
	Polar Explorers for Kids • Maxine Snowden • EXPLORATION • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The history and adventures of 16 polar explorers, including Erik the Red, Henry Hudson, Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, are brought to life in 21 puzzles, games, projects and activities for kids ages 9 and up. (ARC191, $16.95)
	Polar Journeys, The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration • Robert Feeney • EXPLORATION • This is the book for anyone who has ever wondered about hoosh, pemmican and all the other makings of the early explorers' diets. The author, a biochemist, looks at the nutrition and diet of explorers, linking developments in food preservation techniques to the history of polar exploration. (ANT107, $27.95)
	Prisoners of the North • Pierre Berton • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Riddle of the Ice, A Scientific Adventure into the Arctic • Myron Arms • SCIENCE • An account of a 1991 scientific expedition to study climate change, including sailing voyage from Newfoundland across the Davis Strait to Greenland aboard a 50-foot sloop. (ARC93, $12.95)
	Rowing to Latitude, Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge • Jill Fredston • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An enjoyable account of watery travels along the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, Labrador, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. It's a lyrical tale of the adventurous life of this husband-and-wife team. (ARC108, $15.00)
	Seals and Sea Lions of the World • Nigel Bonner • FIELD GUIDE • An accessible, comprehensive overview of the pinnipeds. With wit and grace, Bonner outlines the evolutionary history, biology and ecology and behavior of seals, sea lions and walruses. (FG05, $35.00)
	Servants of the Map • Andrea Barrett • LITERATURE • Barrett introduces a cast of truth-seekers and explorers in these luminous tales of discovery ranging the map (and centuries) from the Himalayas to Pennsylvania and New York. (WLD30, $13.95)
	Skyward, Man's Mastery of the Air • Richard E. Byrd • EXPLORATION • Admiral Bryd's chronicle of a life in aviation, originally published in 1928. (ARC87, $14.95)
	Smilla's Sense of Snow • Peter Hoeg • LITERATURE • Set in Denmark and Greenland and aboard a secret ship, this page-turner includes an excellent portrait of modern day Copenhagen in its first half. (DMK03, $15.00)
	The Snow Walker • Farley Mowat • LITERATURE • A collection of Arctic tales by the master storyteller and Canadian National Treasure. (ARC160, $19.95)
	The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon, Siberian Folk Tales • James Riordan • LITERATURE • A collection of tales from throughout Siberia, divided thematically, and with an excellent introduction by James Riordan. Many of the stories feature the harsh setting of the tundra and importance of the spirit. (SIB12, $11.95)
	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)
	This Cold Heaven, Seven Seasons in Greenland • 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 Top of the Continent • Frederick A. Cook • EXPLORATION • The 90th anniversary edition of the much-debated account by Frederick Cook of his first-ever ascent of Mount McKinley (1903-1906). (ALA83, $19.95)
	True North, The Yukon and Northwest Territories • William R. Morrison • HISTORY • An illustrated history of the Yukon and Northwest territories. (CND33, $49.50)
	True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole • Bruce Henderson • EXPLORATION • A brief account the controversy, bitter rivalry and competing claims between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. (ARC158, $24.95)
	The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future • Richard Alley • SCIENCE • A persuasive, accessible survey of climatic change as revealed through ice core drilling. The author includes enthusiastic tales of his research in Greenland and Antarctica, an overview of how climate works, and his prognostication for the future. (SCI24, $19.95)
	Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North • Andre 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)
	Under Polaris, An Arctic Quest • Tahoe Talbot Washburn • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A record of Arctic living and adventure by a woman who accompanied her husband to the Canadian Arctic. (ARC82, $27.50)
	The Vanishing Arctic • Bryan Alexander • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This handsome book by the intrepid husband-and-wife team documents life in the Circumpolar North, from the northernmost Greenlanders, to the reindeer herders of Lapland, the Cree people of the Canadian Subarctic, Canadian Inuit and the Nenets of Siberia. (ARC25, $35.00)
	Voyage to the North Star • Peter Nichols • LITERATURE • A novel of Arctic exploration. (ARC56, $16.00)
	Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer • Chauncey Loomis • Andrea Barrett • EXPLORATION • The tale of 19th-century Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his untimely death somewhere in Greenland. (ARC63, $19.00)
	The Whale and the Supercomputer, On the Northern Front of Climate Change • Charles Wohlforth • SCIENCE • Anchorage-based journalist Wohlberg heads out with climatologists and the Inupiat of Alaska's northern slope in this clear-headed report from the field. (ALA204, $14.00)
	White Sky, Black Ice • Stan Jones • MYSTERY • In this first rate murder mystery state trooper Nathan Active returns to Chukchi from Anchorage to confront a memorable cast of characters -- and figure out why two young men have killed themselves. (ALA164, $13.00)
	Women of the Four Winds • Elizabeth Olds • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)
	The World of the Polar Bear • Norbert Rosing • Ian Stirling • NATURAL HISTORY • NEW • Norbert Rosing provides all new photography in this edition of his sumptuous and informative volume showcasing not only the photogenic bears and their cubs but also the sly Arctic fox, sleek seals, ungainly walruses, myriad seabirds and glimmering aurora borealis. Tracking change over the four seasons, his essays describe his travels and the natural history of Hudson Bay. (ARC50, $45.00)

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