Polar Regions 8

In 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mulroney gave Ronald Reagan a globe, pointed to the Arctic, and said “Ron that’s ours. We own it lock, sto……続きを見る

Black round rock faces escape from months of imprisonment below the ice and snow. Heat radiates back from the smooth rock “mountain” that provides the backdrop for the tiny village of Coppermine whi……続きを見る

With a population of just 329,000 (barely more than Nottingham), Iceland is the most thinly-populated country in Europe, and 80% of it is uninhabited. Despite this, in the 1100 years since humans fi……続きを見る

In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments ……続きを見る

In Two Years Below the Horn, engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignt……続きを見る

In dem Werk "Catharina von Georgien" von Andreas Gryphius wird die Geschichte einer jungen Frau namens Catharina erzählt, die in den Wirren des Dreißigjährigen Krieges um ihr Überleben kämpft. Gryph……続きを見る

This vintage book contains the fascinating and insightful story of a Frenchman called Louis Romanet who lived with a tribe of Eskimos in the Arctic for many years. It is a dramatic true story of fri……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Roald Amundsen, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Descubrir ……続きを見る

Bei einem Empfang der Hudson's Bay Company in Fort Reliance treffen Soldaten, Häuptlinge der Indianer und Forschungsreisende wie Paulina Barnett mit ihrer Dienerin Madge aufeinander. Paulina Barnett……続きを見る

The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politic……続きを見る

A history of the Falklands and all other subantarctic islands with tales of exploration, shipwreck and war. These are the ultimate faraway places. 続きを見る

Un carnet de bord qui prend vie ... pour une expédition scientifique incroyable ! Le capitaine britannique Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) retrace l'expédition Nimrod, première tentative pour atteindr……続きを見る

Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974. Starting as a Junior Deck Officer he worked for The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey wh……続きを見る

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with ……続きを見る

The following account of the Central Eskimo contains chiefly the results of the author's own observations and collections made during a journey to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait, supplemented by ……続きを見る

The term Siouan is the adjective denoting the "Sioux" Indians and cognate tribes. The word "Sioux" has been variously and vaguely used. Originally it was a corruption of a term expressing enmity or ……続きを見る

Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Peary's claim was widely credited for most of the ……続きを見る

The United States is an Arctic nation, one of only eight such nations worldwide that are responsible for the stewardship of a region undergoing dramatic environmental, social, and economic changes. ……続きを見る

This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Arctic ice is receding and creating increased activity. A navigable Arctic poses security concerns……続きを見る

The world’s subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe below New Zealand, Australia, Africa and South America in the ‘Roaring Forties’ and ‘Furious Fifties’ latitudes. They are filled w……続きを見る

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 is the riveting blow-by-blow narrative of the ill-fated polar expedition of the Endurance from the mouth of the Captain, Sir Ernest Shackl……続きを見る

In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its ……続きを見る

Lees nu 2 hoofdstukken over het fascinerende Noorden Adwin de Kluyver neemt de lezer mee op reis langs mythes, legendes, overleveringen, wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen, verdichtsels, utopieën en her……続きを見る

Een ontdekkingsreis naar het fascinerende Noorden Adwin de Kluyver neemt de lezer mee op reis langs mythes, legendes, overleveringen, wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen, verdichtsels, utopieën en hersen……続きを見る

In the early 1950s, a number of Inuit men, women, and children were loaded on ships and sent to live in the cold and barren lands of the Canadian High Arctic. Spurred by government agents’ promises ……続きを見る

In the golden age of polar exploration (from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s), many an expedition set out to answer the big questionーwas the Arctic a continent, an open ocean beyond a barrier of i……続きを見る

Adrift in a life without risk or surprise and with a burning desire to make some sense of his place in the world, Alastair Vere Nicoll dived into the unknown. Leaving the security of friends, work a……続きを見る

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince the……続きを見る

Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest within the historical research community, attracting the attention of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War,……続きを見る

This richly illustrated book takes a different angle on Robert E. Peary’s North Pole expedition. By shifting the focus away from the unanswerable question of whether he truly reached 90º North Latit……続きを見る