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Hell With A Capital H : A New Polar Hero
ISBN: 9780712679954 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Scott and his two companions lay dying in their tent, elsewhere on the polar ice-cap six members of his ill-fated expedition, the Northern Party, were fighting for their lives. Led by Dr Levick, this title is based on his previously unpublished diaries, monographs, photographs and sketches.
As Scott and his two companions lay dying in their tent, elsewhere on the polar ice-cap six members of his ill-fated expedition, the Northern Party, w...
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87,59 |
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Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland
ISBN: 9781552382400 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Far north, hidden behind grim barriers of pack ice, are lands that hold one spellbound. Gigantic imaginary gates, with hinges set in the horizon, seem to guard these lands. Slowly the gates swing open, and one enters another world where men are insignificant amid the awesome immensity of lonely mountains, fjords, and glaciers.- - Louise Boyd, photographer, 1935
Lands that Hold One Spellbound is an informal history of East Greenland. Spencer Apollonio has written the only known overview of the history of this region, summarizing indigenous settlements over four millennia, and... Far north, hidden behind grim barriers of pack ice, are lands that hold one spellbound. Gigantic imaginary gates, with hinges set in the horizon, seem...
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156,72 |
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Journals in Greenland: Being Extracts from a Journal Kept in That Country in the Years 1770-1778
ISBN: 9780982170304 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hans Egede's remarkable 1770-1778 journals were first published in 1818 when the British launched their great nineteenth-century Arctic explorations and such information was in enormous demand. The coast of eastern Greenland had been virtually inaccessible to Europeans for four centuries. Egede's fascinating writings relate his determined quest for remnants of old settlements, keen observations of the Greenlandic Inuit on subjects as varied as polygamy, witchcraft, health, education, how the Inuit's contact with outsiders affected this indigenous people, and previously little-known...
Hans Egede's remarkable 1770-1778 journals were first published in 1818 when the British launched their great nineteenth-century Arctic explorations a...
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93,06 |
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The Future History of the Arctic
ISBN: 9781586486365 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For thousands of years, the arctic was deamed largely uninhabitable, home only to a small, indigenous population viewed as having been left behind by history. It was considered marginal to world affairs. Now, however, it is heating up and the consequence of that warming will definitely affect the entire world. Charles Emmerson eloquently describes the evolution of the arctic and the future consequences of that evolution. For thousands of years, the arctic was deamed largely uninhabitable, home only to a small, indigenous population viewed as having been left behind ... |
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161,85 |
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Images of the North: Histories Identities Ideas
ISBN: 9789042025288 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary volume seeks to examine and explore the various issues surrounding image construction, identity making and representations of the North, as well as the interconnectedness between those issues. The aim is to elucidate the multiple aspects of the idea of the North, both as a mythological space and a discursive system created and shaped by cultures outside the North as well as from within. The objective of the research project "Iceland and Images of the North" is to elucidate several aspects of images of the North and to explore their functions in the present, focusing...
This interdisciplinary volume seeks to examine and explore the various issues surrounding image construction, identity making and representations of t...
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365,44 |
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Local Knowledge: Living Resources and Natural Assets in Greenland
ISBN: 9780982170328 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Available for the first time in English, this collection is of particular significance in a world where global climate change and its impact on communities, flora, and fauna is changing the way we govern our lives. Presented in both contemporary and historical perspectives, Petersen's interviews of residents shed further light on what is referred to as "tradi-tional knowledge" and regarded by Greenlanders as most pertinent to their own lives. Included here are illustrations and photographs from Petersen's extensive collection. Reliable first hand accounts of these subjects in the arctic, over...
Available for the first time in English, this collection is of particular significance in a world where global climate change and its impact on commun...
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186,11 |
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The Icelandic Colonization of Greenland and the Finding of Vineland: Volume 57
ISBN: 9788763522823 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This facsimile edition of the original 1918 volume gives a historical overview of the Viking expeditions to and colonizations of Greenland and Vinland on the eastern shores of North America, detailing the history of a wide range of settlements and sites based both on archaeological findings and contemporary Norse sources.
This facsimile edition of the original 1918 volume gives a historical overview of the Viking expeditions to and colonizations of Greenland and Vinland...
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261,39 |
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The Worst Journey in the World: With Scott in Antarctica 1910-1913
ISBN: 9780486477329 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Worst Journey in the World is to travel writing what War and Peace is to the novel . . . a masterpiece."--The New York Review of Books
"When people ask me, 'What is your favorite travel book?' I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery, and friendship." --Paul Theroux National Geographic Adventure magazine hailed this volume as the #1 greatest adventure book of all time. Published in 1922 by an expedition survivor, it recounts the riveting tale of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated race to the... "The Worst Journey in the World is to travel writing what War and Peace is to the novel . . . a masterpiece."--The New York Review of...
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73,03 |
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Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut: Volume I: Stories and Tales
ISBN: 9780982170359 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recorded here, long before the environmental and political effects of the later parts of the twentieth century, are the recollections of the people of Nunavik in their own words. This is the first volume of a ten-volume series collecting articles from periodicals published by Makivik Corporation, beginning in 1974 with Taqralik Magazine and continuing through the current Makivik Magazine. This volume presents, in stories and tales, a unique glimpse into the authentic experience of a world in change, yet still in touch with its own traditions. The Makivik Corporation is the legal...
Recorded here, long before the environmental and political effects of the later parts of the twentieth century, are the recollections of the people of...
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137,09 |
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Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynas Ty
ISBN: 9780143118367 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read.-
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218 men, women and children survived, but the disaster was catastrophic at home. Oil and Ice is the story of one fateful whaling season that illuminates the unprecedented rise and devastating fall of America's first oil economy, and the fate of today's petroleum industry. -Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read.-
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of... |
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92,48 |
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I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination
ISBN: 9780312220815 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination . . ." The title, a last quote from one explorer to his party as he left their tent never to return, embodies the danger and mystery that fueled the romantic allure of the poles and, subsequently, the British imagination. Far from being a conventional history of polar exploration, I May Be Some Time attempts to understand what was going on in the minds of the polar explorers as... Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly ma... |
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The Moravian Beginnings of Canadian Inuit Literature: An Exhibition of Special Collections from McGill University Library Rare Books and Special Colle
ISBN: 9780982170366 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traced here are the beginnings of literacy and literature for Inuit living in Labrador and the eastern Canadian arctic. Inuit living in Labrador in the 19th and early 20th centuries were more literate than white settlers as a direct result of the Moravian missionaries who taught them to read and write in Inuktitut in the mission schools. Many of the original Inuktitut texts used by the mission teachers and students are included as part of this exhibition. The Labrador Inuit are the first Canadian Inuit to have their own language. Their first texts took the form of songs or narratives....
Traced here are the beginnings of literacy and literature for Inuit living in Labrador and the eastern Canadian arctic. Inuit living in Labrador in th...
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68,57 |
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The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World...
ISBN: 9781144775627 / Angielski / Miękka / 764 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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146,53 |
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A Narrative of Arctic Discovery
ISBN: 9781144752376 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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107,68 |
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Arctic Heroes: Facts and Incidents of Srtic Explorations
ISBN: 9781144974754 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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103,36 |
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Half Hours in the Far North
ISBN: 9781144926739 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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107,68 |
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Die Polarwelt Und Ihre Nachbarlander
ISBN: 9781148553351 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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90,42 |
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The Worst Journey in the World
ISBN: 9781849020909 / Angielski / Twarda / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A beautiful, fully illustated edition of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's wonderful record of the Worst Journey in the World. Cherry-Garrard does describe Scott's unsucessful attempt to be to first person to the South Pole, but this is not the worst journey. This is the complete book--Volums I and II and glossary.
A beautiful, fully illustated edition of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's wonderful record of the Worst Journey in the World. Cherry-Garrard does describe Scot...
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153,70 |
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The Worst Journey in the World
ISBN: 9783861952794 / Angielski / Miękka / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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352,01 |
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The Polar Eskimos
ISBN: 9780982915509 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rich and astounding collection of stories transcribed directly from the Inuit of Greenland in the 1930s
A rich and astounding collection of stories transcribed directly from the Inuit of Greenland in the 1930s
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137,14 |
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