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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $94, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXARC289)		  
The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife  •  Tony Soper
FIELD GUIDE •  2012 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES
A compact, illustrated guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the circumpolar north featuring handsome watercolor illustrations by Dan Powell and lively text on the natural history of each species by intrepid expedition leader and bird-lover Tony Soper. An essential handbook for the ship-based traveler. With a brief overview of history, short chapters on plants and invertebrates, and a glossary of snow and ice. (ARC85, $23.99)		   The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
Polar Bears  •  Ian Stirling
NATURAL HISTORY •  2011 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES
A tribute to the polar bear by preeminent researcher Ian Stirling and intrepid photographer Dan Guravich, featuring 160 color photographs. It's an excellent combination of outstanding color photography, solid information on natural history and Inuit lore. With chapters on polar bear biology, distribution and abundance, behavior and study, the polar bears of Churchill, environmental concerns and the conflicts between people and bears. (ARC58, $40.00)		   Polar Bears
Bradt Guide Spitsbergen  •  Andreas Umbreit
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES
This convenient guide features an overview of the history, wildlife and natural history of Spitsbergen along with a few color photographs and many maps. It's a good one-volume introduction to the archipelago, revised with this edition to also include sections on Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen. (NOR01, $26.99)		   Bradt Guide Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •  MAP • BEST SELLER
A detailed map of Svalbard for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with illustrated biographies of 27 explorers and a brief guide to wildlife on the reverse. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Tony Soper contributed the natural history information. (ARC88, $11.95)		   Spitsbergen Explorer Map



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Norway Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications    •  A handsome map of Norway at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with a place index and shaded relief. (NOR05, $12.95)
 		  
Oslo/Bergen Map  •  ITMB    •  A walking map of Oslo and Bergen at a scale of 1:10,000. (NOR44, $8.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Norway  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MAY  •  This handsome, illustrated guide covers nature, culture, history and attractions. (NOR29, $25.00)
 		  
What We Know About Climate Change  •  Kerry Emanuel   • REFERENCE  •  With the power of a polished lecturer, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the issues, causes and concerns about the fate of our climate, updated for this second edition to cover the latest from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and unfortunate lack of political and popular will in the United States to tackle this vexing issue. (GEO46, $14.95)
 		  
Innocents in the Arctic, The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition  •  Colin Bull   • EXPLORATION  •  A marvelous account of adventure and scientific inquiry, glaciologist Colin Bull recounts his role in the 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition with humor and humility. Drawn from Bull's field notes, journals and published reports, this book paints a compelling portrait of what it means to be young and daring. (ARC176, $19.95)
 		  
A Woman in the Polar Night  •  Christiane Ritter   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 		  
Ice Bears and Kotick, Rowing on Top of the World  •  Peter Webb   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In Webb's thrilling tale of circumnavigating Spitsbergen in an open rowing boat, he recounts the sheer exhilaration of survival and doing what one loves. This is a story for all those that ever wanted to run away to sea. (ARC262, $17.95)
 		  
The Magnetic North  •  Sara Wheeler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Wheeler writes with zest and insight of the people, nature and future of the Circumpolar North in these many marvelously recounted adventures, including her time in Spitsbergen. (ARC250, $15.00)
 		  
The Svalbard Passage  •  Thomas Kirkwood   • LITERATURE  •  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 Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic  •  E.C. Pielou   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
After the Ice  •  Alun Anderson   • SCIENCE  •  Anderson includes his travels, often by ship, and interviews with dozens of researchers and local leaders from Greenland to Siberia for this sharp report on the people, politics and impact of climatic change at the top of the world. (ARC263, $26.99)
 		  
Arctic Dreams  •  Barry Lopez   • NATURAL HISTORY • 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, A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behavior  •  Andrew E. Derocher  •  Wayne Lynch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An illustrated chronicle of the evolution, ecology and conservation of the polar bear, this captivating natural history features color photographs by Lynch and stories from the field by wildlife researcher Derocher. (ARC309, $39.95)
 		  
Polar Obsession  •  Paul Nicklen   • NATURAL HISTORY • NEW  •  Born and raised on Baffin Island, Nicklen has ice in his blood. The National Geographic photographer, wildlife biologist and naturalist presents up-close portraits of the creatures of the high latitudes in 150 dazzling photographs of swimming bears, cavorting seals, penguins, dueling narwhals and all manner of polar life. (ANT305, $50.00)
 		  
The Great White Bear  •  Kieran Mulvaney   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • 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  •  Stephen MacLean   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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