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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $113, including
U.S. shipping, a 17% discount (Item no. EXARC184)		  
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
The Magnetic North  •  Sara Wheeler
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2012 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES
Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps, camping on the Greenland ice sheet or shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler explores the Arctic world. (ARC250, $15.00)		   The Magnetic North
A History of Arctic Exploration  •  Juha Nurminen
EXPLORATION •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 349 PAGES
Seafaring, navigation, mapping and exploration are all covered in this exquisitely illustrated history of the Arctic from antiquity through the opening of the Northwest and Northeast passages and the attainment of the North Pole, the grail of Arctic discovery since Pytheas. The Inuit, Vikings, Vitus Bering, whalers, explorers and James Cook all are paid tribute in striking art and historic maps, drawing on the collections of the Nurminen Foundation and other European museums, private collections and archives. The books includes color reproductions of the precise models of the Resolution, Fram, Vega and other historic vessels, commissioned by the foundation and on display in Helsinki. The John Nurminen Company started as a trading house and shipping company in Rauma 1886. (ARC257, $60.00)		   A History of Arctic Exploration
North Pole, South Pole  •  Bertrand Imbert
EXPLORATION •  1992 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES
An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket. Part of the lavishly illustrated "New Horizons" series, this compact introduction to polar exploration features hundreds of maps, historic photographs and journal excerpts. With at least a few paragraphs on each of the great expeditions, we refer to it often. (ANT02, $15.95)		   North Pole, South Pole
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



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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, interspersed with dozens of original photographs. (ARC60, $17.95)
 		  
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 Welles's Mercury Theater. (ARC138, $27.95)
 		  
Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole  •  Fergus Fleming   • EXPLORATION  •  A thrilling, artfully told chronicle of the mostly 19th-century adventurers, madmen and explorers who quested after the North Pole. (ARC124, $15.00)
 		  
Poles Apart  •  Galen Rowell   • EXPLORATION  •  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 Arctic, A History  •  Richard Vaughan   • EXPLORATION  •  This revised edition of Richard Vaughn's useful history of the native peoples, explorers and politics in the Arctic from the earliest inhabitants to the present includes new chapters on climate change, mineral rights and other issues. (ARC37, $34.95)
 		  
The Frozen Ship, The Histories and Tales of Polar Exploration  •  Sarah Moss   • EXPLORATION  •  Moss demolishes cherished myths of the golden age of polar exploration -- and retells many of the greatest stories -- in this elegantly written, revisionist account of the cult of heroism. (ARC206, $13.95)
 		  
The Ice Balloon  •  Alec Wilkinson   • EXPLORATION  •  New Yorker writer Wilkinson recounts in thrilling detail the ill-fated attempt by Swedish engineer and aeronaut Salomon August Andree to reach the North Pole from Svalbard by balloon in 1897. (ARC289, $25.95)
 		  
The North Pole, A Narrative History  •  Anthony Brandt   • EXPLORATION  •  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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Islands of the Arctic  •  Julian Dowdeswell  •  Michael Hambrey   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A beautifully illustrated, authoritative overview of the physical geography of the Arctic, especially the role of glaciers and ice in shaping the land and history of northern islands across the Arctic from the Canadian Archipelago, Greenland and Svalbard to the Russian Arctic. (ARC122, $60.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 North Pole Was Here, Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World  •  Andrew Revkin   • SCIENCE • 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)
 		  
Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises  •  Mark Carwardine   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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