Polar Regions 7

What are the animals that survive the cold in the arctic tundra? Open the pages of this educational book to find out! The pictures included in this book, accompanied by simple texts, will definitely……続きを見る

Where is the North Pole? How about the South Pole? This book will teach your child more than just directions. It will also introduce the life forms found on each poles. The use of pictures that are ……続きを見る

The North American Arctic was one of the last regions on Earth to be settled by humans, due to its extreme climate, limited range of resources, and remoteness from populated areas. Despite these fac……続きを見る

Perpetually covered in ice and snow, the mountainous Antarctic Peninsula stretches southwardd towards the South Pole where it merges with the largest and coldest mass of ice anywhere on the planet. ……続きを見る

How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape? For more than three decades, William L. Fox has looked at empty landscapes and the role of the arts to investigate the way……続きを見る

Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German……続きを見る

The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd ー the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century. Born in the late 1880s……続きを見る

“Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious. Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream.” Margaret Atwood, “True North” In this interdisciplinary coll……続きを見る

From an explorer of the North's cultural landscape, comes the stories and history of remote corners of our North. David F. Pelly gives a rare in-depth account of Inuit history based on oral testimon……続きを見る

Northern Canada's distinctive landscapes, its complex social relations and the contested place of the North in contemporary political, military, scientific and economic affairs have fueled recent sc……続きを見る

An elaborate tale of family and the paths people take to understanding.” -Seattle Times [This] mix of well-researched history and contemporary fiction makes for a fine, sad read.” -Minneapolis Sta……続きを見る

Prime Arctic predator and nomad of the sea ice and tundra, the polar bear endures as a source of wonder, terror, and fascination. Humans have seen it as spirit guide and fanged enemy, as trade good ……続きを見る

As the debate droned on in Congress about whether to spend money on a rescue team for Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and the other men of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic, the explorers……続きを見る

A presented parallel short historical work that is richly researched in looking at JFK's Patton Robert McNamara. 続きを見る

Arctic Superstars is a thoroughly researched account of the fascinating lives and harrowing journeys of Adolphus Washington Greely and George Wallace Melville, career military officers and Civil War……続きを見る

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

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