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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)

Poles Apart

Poles Apart


by Galen Rowell

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

Noted landscape photographer Galen Rowell turns his attention to the ends of the earth: a gorgeous collection of 188 color photographs with insightful commentary on the story behind each picture. (ANT27, $45.00)

To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times

To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times


by Jeanette Mirsky

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 334 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch discovery of Spitsbergen to the search for Franklin and the quest for the North Pole in this classic history. (ARC31, $17.00)

In the Land of White Death, An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic

In the Land of White Death, An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic


by Valerian Albanov | David Roberts | Jon Krakauer

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 243 PAGES

A Russian sailor trapped aboard a ship in the ice sets out over the pack for Franz Josef Land. (SIB16, $16.00)

 

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