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When the steamship Cleveland left Seattle’s docks on March 1, 1898, William Jay Woodin was on board, traveling with his father and several others. They were chasing the nineteenth century’s last gre……続きを見る

Two-time National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airshipーand the men who sacrificed everything to make history. Arctic explorer and Amer……続きを見る

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) and "adrenaline-fueled" (Outside) entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all ti……続きを見る

"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." ーWall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the su……続きを見る

‘Extraordinary’ ANNE APPLEBAUM ‘Thrilling . . . a record of an infatuation’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘The book of a lifetime’ ELIF SHAFAK ‘The North Pole proves to be the perfect subject for him’ MICHAEL PAL……続きを見る

In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, David Day examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. For over a century following its discovery by Euro……続きを見る

Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern m……続きを見る

Winner, Melva J. Dwyer Award Honourable Mention, Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement (Research) Qummut Qukiria! celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional In……続きを見る

Als Adwin de Kluyver auf die Geschichte des (leidenschaftlich) gescheiterten japanischen Antarktisfahrers Nobu Shirase stieß, erwachten seine Liebe zu den Antihelden der südpolaren Entdeckungshistor……続きを見る

The objects in this book relate to a key period in polar exploration history, from the 1770s to the early 1930s. Today they are located worldwide, whether in polar regions, public spaces, museums an……続きを見る

Experience the epic survival adventure of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, brought to life with photos from the journey as well as modern color photography of the fauna, seas……続きを見る

Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even as the ongoing effects of climate change complicate its meaning and cultural ……続きを見る

Beneath the Antarctic ice, a world of wonder and mystery awaits.Journey with the team of intrepid explorers as they venture into the towering Mount Erebus, a volcano that spews fire in the heart of ……続きを見る

The epic history of the explorers and adventurers who risked -- and sometimes lost -- their lives in the quest to conquer and claim the Arctic. Ever since approximately 325 BC, the Arctic has been t……続きを見る

The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries--the Northwe……続きを見る

“A riveting adventure”: the true story of a 1913 Arctic expedition that ended in disasterーand the captain's daring journey to save his surviving crew (Booklist). In 1913, the former whaling ship Ka……続きを見る

**“Compellingly researched and told with novelistic flair,” this against-all-odds true account is “as brilliant and multifaceted as sunlight on new snow.” ー**Boston Globe From the author of The Ice……続きを見る

For millennia, both researchers and adventurers have been enthralled by Antarctica's frozen wilderness. Early maps such as the 1513 Piri Reis map conjectured on the presence of a large southern cont……続きを見る

Au Spitsberg, en mai 1925. ー Nous sommes à Ny Aalesund, le charbonnage norvégien installé sur les bords de la baie du Roi, attendant une occasion propice pour nous envoler au-dessus de la grande ba……続きを見る

Flatlantis is an exploration into the history of Flat Earth, the mythology of Atlantis, and the mystery of Mount Meru, the alleged magnetic mountain ancient cultures worldwide believed existed at th……続きを見る

A history and catalog of of the development of the Zeppelin Airships Written in 1922 by American industrialist, Harry Vissering, this very complete history of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's developm……続きを見る

An astonishing account of an airship voyage to the North Pole Written in 1911 by American newspaper publisher Walter Wellman, this highly readable account of his polar expeditions to the North pole,……続きを見る

In Give Me Winter, Give Me Dogs, Arctic historian Kenn Harper takes readers alongside Knud Rasmussen’s spearheading Fifth Thule Expedition. From 1921 to 1924, Rasmussen trekked across Canada’s Arcti……続きを見る

Dieses Buch zielt darauf ab, die islamische Perspektive auf Jesus in einem prägnanten Frage-und-Antwort-Format zu erläutern. Es ist als praktischer Leitfaden konzipiert und soll die Ansichten eines ……続きを見る

Improve your English by learning about the world's great mysteries. Expand your vocabulary, reading, and speaking skills with this book for intermediate English learners. Learn about a topic that ma……続きを見る

Grounded in the spatiality of Indigenous existence, Circumpolar Connections: Creative Indigenous Geographies of the Arctic is an innovatively foundational book about experiences and conceptions of g……続きを見る

جَسَّدَ نِظَامُ النَّبِيِّ الرِّسَالَةَ الكَوْنِيَّةَ لِلإِسْلَامِ، بِمَا يَعْكِسُ القَصْدَ الإِلَهِيَّ فِي إِقَامَةِ دِينٍ وَاحِدٍ غَيْرِ قَابِلٍ لِلتَّجْزِئَةِ. فَقَدْ سَعَتْ قِيَادَتُهُ إِلَى تَج……続きを見る

Few know that the president’s desk in the Oval Office plays a part in one of the world’s most extraordinary sagas; in Resolute, noted historian Martin Sandler brings the story to light. After Sir Jo……続きを見る

On May 9, 1926, Richard E. Byrd announced to the world that he and copilot Floyd Bennett were the first to fly an airplane over the North Pole. Documents published here for the first time provide ne……続きを見る

In 'Saga von den Grönländern und Erik dem Roten' entfaltet Arthur Middleton Reeves eine fesselnde Erzählung über die Entdeckungen und Abenteuermärchen der Wikinger in Grönland und Nordamerika. Der A……続きを見る