Polar Regions 9

An account of the early twentieth century Polar region explorer who was the first to complete an aerial expedition to the North Pole aboard an airship. Roald Amundsen was the most successful polar e……続きを見る

Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. It is the only form of adventure in which you put on your clothes at Michaelmas and keep ……続きを見る

In "Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records," William H. Gilder chronicles the gripping expedition led by Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka in the late 19th century to……続きを見る

In "The Far North: Exploration in the Arctic Regions," Elisha Kent Kane presents a vivid chronicle of his arduous adventures in the icy expanses of the Arctic. Written in a compelling narrative styl……続きを見る

In "North-Pole Voyages," Zachariah Atwell Mudge transports readers through a captivating narrative that intertwines adventure, scientific inquiry, and human courage amidst the icy expanses of the Ar……続きを見る

In "Hero Tales of the Far North," Jacob A. Riis employs vivid narrative techniques and a lively, engaging prose style to recount stories of valor and heroism among Indigenous peoples and early settl……続きを見る

In "The White Desert," Courtney Ryley Cooper crafts an evocative narrative set against the stark backdrop of the Antarctic wilderness. The novel intricately weaves themes of isolation and survival w……続きを見る

In "The First Landing on Wrangel Island," Irving C. Rosse presents a compelling narrative that chronicles the audacious expedition to the isolated and frigid territory of Wrangel Island. Through a m……続きを見る

Across a rich terrain of empirical and theoretical trajectories, the concept of military masculinity (now understood in its plural as military masculinities) has been a significant conceptual tool i……続きを見る

Le district polaire austral est formé d'un continent, l'Antarctide, plus vaste que l'Europe et centré, approximativement, sur le pôle Sud, que ceinture un anneau océanique continu, l'océan glacial A……続きを見る

In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the first trek across Antarctica via the South Pole. The expedition would prove fraught with adventureーand peril. S……続きを見る

British Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1913. My interview with Captain Scott, he explained what would be expected of me. My principal job, he said, would be the erection of Winter Quarters for the Sout……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awryーwith the ship frozen in ……続きを見る

Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between I……続きを見る

Near the South Pole, on a rock surrounded by ice there is a small city called McMurdo Base. What is it like there? 続きを見る

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar cha……続きを見る

Alex Hills traveled Alaska by bush plane and snow machine, braving extreme weather and rough terrain to bring telephone service to small villages across the big state. Then he developed a new public……続きを見る

In the Anthropocene, the thawing of frozen earth due to global warming has drawn worldwide attention to permafrost. Contemporary scientists define permafrost as ground that maintains a negative temp……続きを見る

In "A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions," James Clark Ross presents a meticulous account of his early 19th-century expedition to the polar regions, characterized……続きを見る

Aurora Australis is a profound tapestry of exploration narratives and evocative descriptions capturing the indomitable spirit of the early 20th-century Antarctic expeditions. This anthology weaves t……続きを見る

Fridtjof Nansen: In Nacht und Eis – Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893–1896 – Erster und zweiter Band | Über 1000 Seiten, mit 418 Fotos, Skizzen, Grafiken und Karten und 220 Fußnoten | Neu editier……続きを見る

Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one……続きを見る

The north polar regions lie within the Arctic circle, and at their center is the North Pole. The distance from the circle to the pole is more than fourteen hundred miles. Intense cold and the hardsh……続きを見る

Arctic Changes: Past to Present in the Far North is an educational and entertaining book that persuades readers to think about and take seriously the changes occurring in the Arctic. This is a uniqu……続きを見る

Een Antarctische ontdekkingsreis – van de auteur van het veelgeprezen Het gedroomde Noorden 'Elke zin is raak. [...] Het geheel aan invalshoeken, dagboekaantekeningen en anekdotes maakt Niemandsland……続きを見る

Making the Arctic City explores the unwritten history of city-building in the Arctic over the last 100 years. Spanning northern regions of North America, through Greenland, Svalbard to Russia, this ……続きを見る

An entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized magnet to racist mythmaking. Scholars and laymen alike have long projected thei……続きを見る

Rafaël Hertzbergin teoksessa "Nordenskiöldin matkat ja retket napamerillä" yhdistyy huolellinen historiallisen tutkimuksen perinne ja vahva matkakertomusperinne, joka tuo eloon eroottisen ja jännitt……続きを見る

Jackie Ronne reclaims her rightful place in polar history as the first American woman in Antarctica. Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic……続きを見る

The harrowingーand often amusingーtrue survival story of two mismatched Arctic explorers on a historic expedition gone horrible wrong. Now a Netflix film co-written by and starring Game of Thrones a……続きを見る