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Antarctic Glacial History and World Palaeoenvironments
ISBN: 9789061910275 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. .
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1314,21 zł |
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Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
ISBN: 9780295993423 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vanishing Ice introduces the rich artistic legacy of the planet's frozen frontiers now threatened by a changing climate. Tracing the impact of glaciers, icebergs, and fields of ice on artists' imaginations, this interdisciplinary survey explores the connections between generations of artists who adopt different styles, media, and approaches to interpret alpine and polar landscapes. Beginning in the eighteenth century, collaborations between the arts and sciences contributed to a deeper understanding of snowcapped mountains, the Arctic, and Antarctica. A resurgence of interest... Vanishing Ice introduces the rich artistic legacy of the planet's frozen frontiers now threatened by a changing climate. Tracing the impact ... |
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162,96 zł |
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Secrets of the Ice: Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life
ISBN: 9780300187007 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for exploration, Antarctica is now understood to be a crucial part of a global climate and environment. Each year hundreds of scientists travel to the bottom of the world to investigate the climate, examine the continent's hardy life forms, and seek answers to far-reaching questions about the universe. Veronika Meduna has accompanied some of them on their expeditions, and in this engaging book she tells their stories and explains their dramatic... Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for explora... |
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221,34 zł |
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Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land
ISBN: 9781137278883 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet marine biologist James B. McClintock has spent three decades studying the frozen land in order to understand better the world that lies beneath it. In this luminous and closely observed account, one of the world's leading experts on Antarctica introduces the reader to this fascinating world--the extraordinary wildlife that persists despite the harsh conditions and the way each of the pieces fit into the puzzle of the intricate...
Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for ...
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83,15 zł |
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Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area: 2011 Annual Repor
ISBN: 9781492329664 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The information presented in this report is a summary of the harbor seal data collected at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area during the 2011 breeding and molting seasons, March-July. Summary data collected as part of a region-wide survey effort, including adjacent areas (San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, and Sonoma County) where NPS surveys were conducted in conjunction with other agencies and organizations for 2011, are also presented.
The information presented in this report is a summary of the harbor seal data collected at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recr...
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78,11 zł |
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Landbird Monitoring in the Arctic Network: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Noatak National Preserve (2010 Report)
ISBN: 9781492339854 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring program (ARCN) encompasses five park units including Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR) and Noatak National Preserve (NOAT). The landbirds assemblage (passerines, near-passerines, raptors and galliformes) was chosen by the ARCN for long-term monitoring because it includes many species that spend the majority of their lives in terrestrial environments. Specific objectives of the ARCN landbird monitoring program are to: 1) determine annual longterm trends in density and frequency of occurrence of 5-10 of the most commonly detected...
The Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring program (ARCN) encompasses five park units including Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR)...
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59,72 zł |
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Monitoring of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Arctic Network, 2011: Three-dimensional Modeling of Landform Change
ISBN: 9781492347170 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are caused by thaw of massive ground ice on slopes and combine subsidence, mass movement, and water erosion. They can expose several hectares of bare soil that is susceptible to erosion into nearby water bodies. In the summers of 2010 and 2011, oblique aerial-photographs of 26 RTS in Noatak National Preserve (NOAT) and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR) were taken with a hand-held, 35-mm digital camera. Accurate ground control was obtained at 23 of the slumps by surveying the location of temporary targets that were captured on the aerial...
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are caused by thaw of massive ground ice on slopes and combine subsidence, mass movement, and water erosion. They can ...
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67,07 zł |
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Mapping of Erosion Features Related to Thaw of Permafrost in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
ISBN: 9781492347255 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The newly acquired, nearly complete coverage of ARCN by high-resolution satellite imagery has allowed the NPS to make a comprehensive survey of erosion features caused by permafrost thaw in the Noatak National Preserve (NOAT). The author combined automated mapping methods with visual recognition of geomorphic features to make a comprehensive map of ALD and RTS in NOAT. The purpose of this report is to present the results of mapping in NOAT. Mapping in three other NPS units (Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (BELA), Cape Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR), and Kobuk Valley National Park...
The newly acquired, nearly complete coverage of ARCN by high-resolution satellite imagery has allowed the NPS to make a comprehensive survey of erosio...
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60,92 zł |
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Plant Associations, Vegetation Succession, and Earth Cover Classes: Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
ISBN: 9781492357896 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors detail the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve vegetation classification and succession project which was undertaken by the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program in cooperation with the Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP). The objectives of this project were to: Describe existing plant associations and produce a vegetation classification for Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve; Conduct an accuracy assessment of the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve portion of the vegetation map developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks...
The authors detail the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve vegetation classification and succession project which was undertaken by the National ...
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119,49 zł |
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Land Cover Mapping of the National Park Service Northwest Alaska Management Area Using Landsat Multispectral and Thematic Mapper Satellite Data
ISBN: 9781492701231 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A land cover map of the National Park Service northwest Alaska management area was produced using digitally processed Landsat data. These and other environmental data were incorporated into a geographic information system to provide baseline information about the nature and extent of resources present in this northwest Alaskan environment. This report details the methodology, depicts vegetation profiles of the surrounding landscape, and describes the different vegetation types mapped. Portions of nine Landsat satellite (multispectral scanner and thematic mapper) scenes were used to produce a...
A land cover map of the National Park Service northwest Alaska management area was produced using digitally processed Landsat data. These and other en...
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73,51 zł |
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Arctic Wonders
ISBN: 9781635013368 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The arctic is a strange and mysterious place. Few people know anything about it, yet it covers a huge amount of the globe. There is an amazing benefit to this locale. It could be used as a springboard for enhancing the imagination of young children. In many ways, you have to use your imagination to understand the arctic. The location must be visualized in the mind and this, alone, sparks the imagination of a young one. Once the imagination is nudged into being creative, the process never stops.
The arctic is a strange and mysterious place. Few people know anything about it, yet it covers a huge amount of the globe. There is an amazing benefit...
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70,01 zł |
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Polar: A Photicular Book
ISBN: 9780761185697 / Angielski / Twarda / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take a stunning journey to the ends of the earth through the colorful, fluid motion of Photicular(R) technology. A phenomenon first seen in the bestsellers Safari and Ocean, Photicular technology uses sliding lenses and video imagery to display realistic living motion in the pages of a book. It's like a movie in your hand. Take a stunning journey to the ends of the earth through the colorful, fluid motion of Photicular(R) technology. A phenomenon first seen in the bes... |
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118,22 zł |
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Polar Bear: An endangered species
ISBN: 9781503538238 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,32 zł |
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North to the Pole
ISBN: 9780873519908 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On March 7, 1986, the seven men and one woman of the Steger International Polar Expedition set out by dogsled to reach the North Pole. Their spectacular feat of daring, courage, and commitment was deemed by National Geographic to be a "landmark in polar exploration." The melting of the polar ice cap makes it unlikely that anyone will repeat their achievement.
On March 7, 1986, the seven men and one woman of the Steger International Polar Expedition set out by dogsled to reach the North Pole. Their spectacul...
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109,24 zł |
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On Thin Ice: An Epic Final Quest Into the Melting Arctic
ISBN: 9781493022960 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,08 zł |
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The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions
ISBN: 9781138843998 / Angielski / Twarda / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1130,22 zł |
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Reindeer Coloring Book for Adults: Reindeer Colouring Book containing various Reindeer designs filled with intricate and stress relieving patterns.
ISBN: 9781541097384 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you enjoy Adult Coloring Books? Do you love beautiful Reindeers? Well then our Reindeer Coloring Book for Adults is perfect for you. Features of this Book:
Do you enjoy Adult Coloring Books? Do you love beautiful Reindeers? Well then our Reindeer Coloring Book for Adults is perfect for you. Features of...
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36,73 zł |
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A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice
ISBN: 9781942658344 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Oil and Honey "The profound mystery of our living Earth saturates this memorable book." --John Elder, coeditor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing and author of Picking Up the Flute Greenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure...
"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not br...
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67,37 zł |
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Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas
ISBN: 9780231168243 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere-the world of ice and snow-and its consequences for the human world. Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass and how it will affect will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions.
Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere-the world of ice and snow-and its consequences for the human wo...
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166,01 zł |
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Paleo Diet: Paleo for Beginners for Rapid Weight Loss: Lose Up to 30 Pounds in 30 Days
ISBN: 9781724899828 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,32 zł |
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