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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $66, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXGRN7)		  
The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife  •  Tony Soper
FIELD GUIDE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 144 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, $21.95)		   The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife
This Cold Heaven  •  Gretel Ehrlich
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE
No lightweight, Ehrlich wandered, mostly alone, by boat, helicopter, plane, and dogsled over seven seasons in Greenland. This account of her travels in the region reflects her insight, knowledge, and deep appreciation of the people and barren landscapes of the north. A first-rate writer and philosopher, she interweaves the story of her own peregrinations with the story of Greenland-born Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic explorer who established a trading base at Thule with Peter Freuchen; and the result is a profound, exhilarating book. (ARC107, $18.95)		   This Cold Heaven
The Greenlanders  •  Jane Smiley
LITERATURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 608 PAGES • FAVORITE
This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland, which disappeared 500 years ago. Smiley delves in the medieval colonies, their struggles to survive in the harsh environment, contacts with indigenous people and causes of their disappearance. It includes the tale of the Norse discovery of North America. (ARC08, $15.95)		   The Greenlanders
Circumpolar North / Greenland Map  •  ITMB
2009 •  MAP
This revised full-color, folded map of Greenland at a scale of 900,000 (with index, shaded coastal relief and travel notes) includes on the reverse the stunning North Circumpolar Region Map, published by the Natural Resources Canada. Showing all the land above 60 degrees north, this striking map also shows limits of polar sea ice, position of the magnetic North Pole and bathymetry of the Arctic basin. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (ARC111, $12.95)		   Circumpolar North / Greenland Map



Also Recommended

Greenland Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps    •  This full color map (1: 3,250,000) includes a timeline, wildlife guide, history and illustrated biographies of notable people on the reverse. (ARC212, $11.95)
 		  
Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed  •  Jared Diamond   • HISTORY  •  Diamond tackles nothing less than the history and fate of civilization in this compelling book in which he offers case studies, present and past, of societies that work and societies that do not, devoting 100 carefully reasoned pages, for example, to the fate of the Norse settlements in Greenland (climatic change, Inuit) and another big section on Easter Island (deforestation, hubris). This revised edition includes a new afterword. (GEN324, $18.00)
 		  
Inuit Folk-Tales  •  Knud Rasmussen   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This pocket edition of 50 tales of daily, world view and mythology were collected by the great Rasmussen along the whole west coast of Greenland at the turn of the last century. (ARC227, $19.95)
 		  
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, $30.95)
 		  
The Vikings and America  •  Eric Wahlgren   • HISTORY  •  An insightful account of the Vikings' discovery and exploration of America, based on archaeology and the ancient sagas. With site diagrams and black-and-white photographs throughout. (VIK12, $18.95)
 		  
Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga  •  William Fitzhugh  •  Elisabeth Ward   • HISTORY  •  An extensively illustrated volume of Viking culture, history and exploration that focuses especially on voyages to North America. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, it features essays and 400 color photographs. (VIK11, $34.95)
 		  
An African in Greenland  •  Tete-Michel Kpomassie  •  James Kirkup   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memorable account of the odyssey of West African author from his home in Togo to Paris, Denmark and, ultimately, Greenland. (ARC110, $14.95)
 		  
Journal in Greenland, 1770-1778  •  Hans Egede   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A new pocket edition of the firsthand account of the land, people and history of Greenland by grandson of the beloved missionary and founder of Nuuk (ARC226, $19.95)
 		  
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, $15.95)
 		  
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, $22.95)
 		  
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, $17.95)
 		  
The Sagas of Icelanders  •  Jane Smiley  •  Robert Kellog   • EXPLORATION  •  Nine sagas and six tales composed between the years 1000 and 1500, including an account of Leif Eriksson's voyage to North America, all newly translated. With an introduction by Jane Smiley. (ICL13, $25.00)
 		  
Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North  •  Jean 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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Cold Earth  •  Sarah Moss   • LITERATURE  •  Sarah Moss, a historian whose first book was the excellent The Frozen Ship:The Histories and Tales of Polar Exploration, spins a hugely suspenseful novel from the story a team of archaeologists and their work in Greenland in this thrilling debut novel. (ARC265, $14.95)
 		  
No One Thinks of Greenland  •  John Griesemer   • LITERATURE  •  The Allies secret WWII army base in Greenland serves as inspiration for this tale of mysterious goings-on during the Korean War. (ARC149, $15.00)
 		  
Salamina  •  Rockwell Kent   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A warm account of adventures in Greenland circa 1931, featuring portraits of the people encountered (including the title heroine) and pen-and-ink illustrations by the sailor, adventurer and illustrator. (ARC143, $22.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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  •  Ian Stirling   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
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)
 		  
 
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