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The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

by Tony Soper

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

This compact guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the circumpolar north features handsome watercolor illustrations and lively text. (ARC85, $21.95)

Arctic Dreams

Arctic Dreams

by Barry Lopez

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 417 PAGES
  • 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)

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)

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

Ultima Thule, Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

by Jean Malaurie

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 399 PAGES

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)

North Circumpolar Region

North Circumpolar Region

by Canada Map Office

  • 2008
  • MAP

A striking bird's-eye view of the Arctic Ocean and all the lands of the far north, at a scale of 1:9,000,000, with shaded relief on sea and land. (ARC16, $19.95)

 
Helsinki Map

Helsinki Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A foldout map of Helsinki, with an index at the detailed scale of 1:15,000. (SCN36, $11.95)

Bradt City Guide Helsinki

Bradt City Guide Helsinki


by Nigel Wallis

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

This convenient pocket guide features an overview of the history and culture of Helsinki along with a few color photographs and maps. (SCN47, $13.99)

Helsinki, A Cultural and Literary History

Helsinki, A Cultural and Literary History


by Neil Kent

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 247 PAGES

A literary guide to Helsinki, its history and culture, organized into three sections: city of architects and engineers; city of music and arts; and city of hospitality. With maps and black-and-white illustrations. (SCN33, $15.00)

Farthest North

Farthest North


by Fridtjof Nansen

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 678 PAGES

The great Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen's classic account of the voyage of the Fram, originally published in 1897, interspersed with dozens of original photographs. (ARC60, $17.95)

Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette

Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette


by Edward Ellsberg

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 421 PAGES

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 Welles's Mercury Theater. (ARC138, $27.95)

Historical Atlas of the Arctic

Historical Atlas of the Arctic


by Derek Hayes

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

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, $64.95)

Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey

Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey


by Matthew Henson | Deirdre Stam

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 232 PAGES

This Explorer's Club edition of Matthew Henson's polar exploits, originally published in 1912, includes a thoughtful overview of his life by editor Deirdre Stam and period photographs. Drawing on the Explorer's Club archives, it is published in commemoration of the centennial of Peary and Hanson's 1909 quest for the Pole. (ARC113, $19.95)

Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane

Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane


by Ken McGoogan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

McGoogan's engrossing biography of the supremely literate explorer who forged a unique, life-saving alliance with the Inuit, discovered "the American route to the North Pole" and most famously, led an daring escape in sleds and small boats from his ship trapped in the ice. (ARC209, $15.95)

The Ice Finders, How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age

The Ice Finders, How a Poet, a Professor and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age


by Edmund Blair Bolles

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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 Magnetic North, Notes from the Arctic Circle

The Magnetic North, Notes from the Arctic Circle


by Sara Wheeler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Wheeler writes with zest and insight in this deft portrait of the people, nature and future of the Circumpolar North. Among her many marvelously recounted adventures, she travels across the Arctic aboard a Russian icebreaker, herds reindeer with Lapps, camps with scientists on the Greenland ice sheet and shadows truckers on the Trans-Alaskan. (ARC250, $15.00)

To the End of the Earth, Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson

To the End of the Earth, Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson


by Tom Avery

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Tom Avery weaves his own adventures in the footsteps of Robert Peary with a history of the fiercely determined explorer in this homage to the man and account of a remarkable journey. Already having walked to the South Pole, Avery sets out, using early 20th century techniques, including dogs and sleds, to recreate Peary's still heated controversial 1909 journey, making it the 413 nautical miles from Cape Columbia to the North Pole in 36 days and 24 hours. He beat Peary by a few hours. (ARC228, $15.99)

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)

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)

Wings around the World, The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Voyage From the North Pole to Antarctica

Wings around the World, The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Voyage From the North Pole to Antarctica


by Polly Vacher

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Vacher's illustrated account of an amazing solo polar flight around the world, over the North Pole and into Antarctica, features her tales of training and preparation (which included putting down fuel depots in Antarctica) and the flight itself. Vacher is donating proceeds to Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. (EXP47, $29.95)

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra


by John Sturges

  • MYSTERY
  • 1968
  • DVD

A gripping cold war thriller starring Rock Hudson and Ernest Borgnine and featuring a mad dash for the North Pole. (ARC179, $14.97)

Near Death in the Arctic

Near Death in the Arctic


by Ceci Kuhne

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Including disaster tales from the Antarctic, too, this compendium of sub-zero survival stories chronicles adventurers from Ernest Shackleton to Richard E. Byrd. (ARC224, $15.95)

The Navigator of New York

The Navigator of New York


by Wayne Johnston

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 483 PAGES

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)

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)

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic


by E.C. Pielou

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 327 PAGES

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)

Glacier Ice

Glacier Ice


by Austin Post | Edward R. LaChapelle

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 145 PAGES

A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)

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)

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)

The North Pole Was Here, Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World

The North Pole Was Here, Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World


by Andrew Revkin

  • SCIENCE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This effective primer includes clips on polar exploration, global warming and oceanography, with an illustrated account of Revkin's exciting adventures at the North Pole. Geared for ages 9-12. (ARC185, $10.95)

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises


by Mark Carwardine

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)

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