The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club, Fully Illustrated
ISBN: 9781849022941 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though now contested by later explorers, Robert Edwin Pearys trek to the North Pole in 1908 is arguably the first expedition to the North Pole ever made. Braving the elements and losing men along the way, Peary succeeded where those before him had failed. Fully illustrated, The North Pole tells this remarkable story.
Though now contested by later explorers, Robert Edwin Pearys trek to the North Pole in 1908 is arguably the first expedition to the North Pole ever ma...
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119,30 zł |
A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
ISBN: 9780393354829 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land." Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent. Several years later, two of Peary's disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers imagined possible. The men... In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Pear... |
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76,39 zł |
Aspects of Arctic and Sub-Arctic History
ISBN: 9789979544357 / Angielski / Miękka / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,68 zł |
Negotiating the Arctic: The Construction of an International Region
ISBN: 9780415512831 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work analyses not only Arctic organization and background but also the way in which regional development draws upon the extensive history of polar research and exploration.
This work analyses not only Arctic organization and background but also the way in which regional development draws upon the extensive history of pola...
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280,05 zł |
Acts of Occupation: Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25
ISBN: 9780774818674 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Acts of Occupation, historians Janice Cavell and Jeff Noakes deliver the engrossing story of Canada's early days of Arctic policy. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped archival sources, they show how one explorer's self-serving ambition fueled unfounded paranoia about Denmark's designs on the north, and ultimately served as the catalyst for Canada's active administrative occupation of the Arctic. A compelling tale that throws new light on a transformative period in Canadian Arctic policymaking, Acts of Occupation offers much-needed historical context for contemporary... In Acts of Occupation, historians Janice Cavell and Jeff Noakes deliver the engrossing story of Canada's early days of Arctic policy. Drawin... |
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487,58 zł |
The Worst Journey in the World
ISBN: 9781619491878 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1910 - hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles - a group of explorers left Cardiff by boat on an expedition to Antarctica. Not all of them would return. Written by one of its survivors, "The Worst Journey in the World" tells the moving and dramatic story of the disastrous expedition.
In 1910 - hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles - a group of explorers left Cardiff by b...
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58,29 zł |
The Worst Journey in the World
ISBN: 9783845713199 / Angielski / Miękka / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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457,24 zł |
The Worst Journey in the World
ISBN: 9783954544080 / Angielski / Miękka / 604 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieses Buch enthalt die Reiseerzahlungen von Robert Falcon Scott's letzter Expedition, die ihn 1910 von England aus in die Antarktis verschlug, wo er zwei Jahre spater tragischerweise ums Leben kam. Der Autor Apsley Cherry-Garrard war Teil des Expeditionsteams Scott's und fand zusammen mit anderen den Kapitan und andere erfroren auf. Die Expedition sollte die Manner britischer Herkunft noch vor dem Norweger Roald Asmundsen zum Sudpol bringen, doch der Weg dorhin erwies sich als zu hart, sie schafften kaum ihr tagliches Kilometer-Pensum. Daruber hinaus bescherte ihnen die Antarktis zu dieser...
Dieses Buch enthalt die Reiseerzahlungen von Robert Falcon Scott's letzter Expedition, die ihn 1910 von England aus in die Antarktis verschlug, wo er ...
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358,52 zł |
Antarctica: A Biography
ISBN: 9780199861453 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, and contentious geopolitics.
Drawing from archives from around the world, Day provides a sweeping, large-scale history of Antarctica. Focusing on the dynamic personalities drawn to this unconquered land, the book offers an engaging collective biography of explorers and scientists battling... Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant ...
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162,35 zł |
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
ISBN: 9781619021921 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The South Pole discovered" trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story. Antarctica was awash with expeditions. In 1912, five separate teams representing the old and new world were diligently embarking on scientific exploration beyond the edge of the known planet. Their discoveries not only enthralled the world, but changed our understanding of the planet forever. Tales of endurance, self-sacrifice, and technological innovation laid the...
"The South Pole discovered" trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen's triumph over the tragic ...
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76,71 zł |
The Future History of the Arctic: How Climate, Resources and Geopolitics are Reshaping the North and Why it Matters to the World
ISBN: 9780099523536 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'The Future History of the Arctic', geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region with reportage & reflection, revealing a vast & complex area of the globe, loaded with opportunity & rich in challenges.
In 'The Future History of the Arctic', geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region with reportage & reflection, reve...
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81,85 zł |
The Worst Journey in the World: Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time
ISBN: 9780099530374 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic. The author, the youngest member of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, relates the expedition's departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913.
This is the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic. The author, the youngest member of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, relates the ex...
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77,74 zł |
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
ISBN: 9780300188219 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Efficient, well prepared, and focused solely on the goal of getting to his destination and back, Amundsen has earned his place in history as the first to reach the South Pole.... Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take ... |
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103,69 zł |
The Elephant Voyage
ISBN: 9780992258849 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the heady climate of the nineteenth century goldrushes, "going to see the elephant" was a saying that described an exciting, often dangerous, and usually profitless adventure-something to tell one's grandchildren about. In the spirit of the bestselling Island of the Lost, the story is told of the crew of the Connecticut schooner Sarah W. Hunt. When their boats are blown out to sea, off one of the most icy and hostile islands in the sub-Antarctic ocean, twelve men are abandoned by their skipper, left to live or die by their own wits and stamina. Six survive, to be carried to New...
In the heady climate of the nineteenth century goldrushes, "going to see the elephant" was a saying that described an exciting, often dangerous, and u...
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61,70 zł |
Food Security in Asia: Challenges, Policies and Implications
ISBN: 9781138792470 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The spike in global food prices in 2007-08 not only led to riots on several continents; it also reawakened fears about the world's future ability to feed itself, as growing populations place greater demands on agricultural systems operating in increasingly difficult environmental and climatic conditions. With more than half the world's people and high levels of inequality, Asia lies at the centre of the global food-security challenge of the twenty-first century. The region - especially China and India - is drawing on world stocks and importing more staples, as its own farms... The spike in global food prices in 2007-08 not only led to riots on several continents; it also reawakened fears about the world's future ability t... |
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103,69 zł |
Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration
ISBN: 9781784536589 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.
Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.
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674,31 zł |
Walter Wellman Arctic Expedition of 1898 - 1899
ISBN: 9781477548165 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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116,62 zł |
Of Maps and Men: The Mysterious Discovery of Antarctica
ISBN: 9781494375294 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This story begins with Dr. Weihaupt's explorations in the deep unexplored interior of Antarctica and the questions they inspired. Today we have a good understanding of the nature of our planet and its human history, yet there are inevitably more questions about who and what we are than there are answers. We know so little about our human past. When we get them, the answers are astonishing. The Ice Ages call into question far more recent history, the world of splendid ships, hearty mariners, intrepid explorers, breathtaking courage, and imaginative cartographers. What we witness in this book...
This story begins with Dr. Weihaupt's explorations in the deep unexplored interior of Antarctica and the questions they inspired. Today we have a good...
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44,65 zł |
Empire of Extinction: Russians and the North Pacific's Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741-1867
ISBN: 9780199343416 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Russian Empire-already the largest on earth-expanded its dominion onto the ocean. Through a series of government-sponsored voyages of discovery and the establishment of a private fur trade, Russians crossed and re-crossed the Bering Strait and the North Pacific Ocean, establishing colonies in Kamchatka and Alaska and exporting marine mammal furs to Europe and China. In the process they radically transformed the North Pacific, causing environmental catastrophe. In one of the most hotly-contested imperial arenas of the day, the Russian...
In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Russian Empire-already the largest on earth-expanded its dominion onto the ocean. Through a series o...
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369,94 zł |
Arctic Opening: Insecurity and Opportunity
ISBN: 9781138776692 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arctic is opening. Global warming is leading to seasonal sea-ice retreat, which in turn opens hitherto impassable shipping routes and new areas for resource exploitation. Such changes are elevating the Arctic s geostrategic value and stoking inter-state competition. The admission of five Asian states as Arctic Council observers in 2013 underlines the increased importance of the High North in global politics. And as the sea ice retreats, so military forces are redeployed northwards, raising the prospect of conflict. Christian Le Miere and Jeffrey Mazo bring much-needed sobriety... The Arctic is opening. Global warming is leading to seasonal sea-ice retreat, which in turn opens hitherto impassable shipping routes and new areas... |
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77,75 zł |