Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-1875
ISBN: 9780295986791 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When every land seems already explored, and space travel has declined in scope and prestige, the northern exploits of our Victorian forebears offers a pleasantly distant mirror from which to regard our own time. The Arctic regions have been the subject of a long-lasting visual fascination, one which has from the outset crossed boundaries between fine art and mass entertainment, "high" and "low" cultures, and even national identity. In the mid-nineteenth century, this polar passion reached a peak, dominating the visual culture of both Britain and America, and yet its history is scarcely... When every land seems already explored, and space travel has declined in scope and prestige, the northern exploits of our Victorian forebears offer... |
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Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
ISBN: 9780375753381 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers....
It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has capt...
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A History of Antarctic Science
ISBN: 9780521673372 / Angielski / Miękka / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first to describe the development of scientific activity in the Antarctic (as distinct from exploration) in all its aspects. Coverage spans three centuries, starting with Halley who laid the foundations of geophysics which was to be the principal driving force behind Antarctic science for most of its history. Although early researchers built up a picture of the main features of the Antarctic environment, the idea of science specific to the continent emerged only later. As the main disciplines of oceanography, earth sciences, the sciences of atmosphere and geospace,...
This book is the first to describe the development of scientific activity in the Antarctic (as distinct from exploration) in all its aspects. Coverage...
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552,16 zł |
The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole
ISBN: 9780595214549 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions
ISBN: 9780803268678 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1845 Sir John Franklin and his expedition, sailing on the Erebus and the Terror, set out in search of the Northwest Passage. In their pursuit of that elusive water route across North America they all perished, their fate remaining unknown for many years. Franklin and his crew inspired a spate of books on exploration in the nineteenth century, and interest in his expedition has revived with the recent discovery of the bodies of several of its members, perfectly preserved by ice for nearly a century and half. Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions, originally published in...
In 1845 Sir John Franklin and his expedition, sailing on the Erebus and the Terror, set out in search of the Northwest Passage. In their...
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My Arctic Journal: A Year among Ice-Fields and Eskimos
ISBN: 9780815411987 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wife of self-proclaimed North Pole discoverer Robert Edwin Peary, Josephine Peary was the first white woman to take part in an Artic exploration. Unavailable for nearly a century, this book is her account of Peary's 1891-92 expedition, of her adventurous experiences and cultural encounters, and of her extraordinary treks across the world's upper reaches. This rare, firsthand account--the only Arctic memoir composed by a woman--provides an accurate, elaborate picture of Arctic geography and Inuit culture.
Wife of self-proclaimed North Pole discoverer Robert Edwin Peary, Josephine Peary was the first white woman to take part in an Artic exploration. Unav...
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Beyond Cape Horn: Travels in the Antarctic
ISBN: 9780815412359 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writer and Antarctic explorer Neider tells of his third trip to the frozen continent, describing the international stations there and the goals they are working toward. Neider also tours the Antarctic landscape, observing the geography and wildlife and evoking it in detail. Devoting scrutiny to the international treaties that protect the continent politically and environmentally, Neider reveals how important those treaties are. Also included in this work are interviews with Antarctic pioneers Sir Charles Wright, Sir Vivian Fuchs, and Laurence Gould.
Writer and Antarctic explorer Neider tells of his third trip to the frozen continent, describing the international stations there and the goals they a...
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Self Passage Questioned: Medical Care and Safety for the Polar Tourist
ISBN: 9780870335044 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In October 1995, a conference of physicians, scientists, and polar explorers was convened at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England. With one voice these experts spoke out about the need for improvement in the standards of safety and medical care for the polar tourist. The conclusions of the world-class experts who attended the conference form the basis for this book, the first to address this important need. The editors have skillfully synthesized the presentations of the conference attendees and drawn on their own and other experts' experience to prepare a comprehensive...
In October 1995, a conference of physicians, scientists, and polar explorers was convened at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England....
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The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean
ISBN: 9781410213143 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book detailing Walter Wellman's attempts to reach the North Pole. Wellman was a contemporary of Peary who decided after one attempt that the North Pole could never be reached over the ice. He got backing for an attempt to fly there in a primitive dirigible, America. He made two attempts in 1907 and 1909, both unsuccessful. When he learned Cook and Peary were claiming to have reached the Pole he gave up his ambition and tried to cross the Atlantic in the America in 1910. All of these exploits are detailed in this book. Included is interesting technical information on power and equipment of...
A book detailing Walter Wellman's attempts to reach the North Pole. Wellman was a contemporary of Peary who decided after one attempt that the North P...
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121,37 zł |
Ultima Thule: A Journey to Spitzbergen
ISBN: 9783829603935 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ultima Thule--the island of Spitsbergen located between Greenland, Norway, and the North Pole, was once considered the very -end of the world.- Sixty percent of its sparsley settled land mass--mountains, moors and fjords--is covered in perma-ice. Spitsbergen today is a sensitive site in the strategically delicate Arctic Sea, with the interests of the major powers colliding there. The Romantic beauty is impervious to this state of things. And Pyramiden, the coal mining town operated by the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1992 contributes to the Romantic feel: the ruins of a boomtown caught in the...
Ultima Thule--the island of Spitsbergen located between Greenland, Norway, and the North Pole, was once considered the very -end of the world.- Sixty ...
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Ice!
ISBN: 9781574092738 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published 1978 by Sheed Andrews and McMeel--T.p. verso.
First published 1978 by Sheed Andrews and McMeel--T.p. verso.
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Ten Months Among The Tents Of The Tuski: With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin (1853)
ISBN: 9781437415612 / Angielski / Inna / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin, As Far As The Mackenzie River And Cape Bathurst.
With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin, As Far As The Mackenzie River And Cape Bathurst.
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Ten Months Among The Tents Of The Tuski: With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin (1853)
ISBN: 9781437329094 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin, As Far As The Mackenzie River And Cape Bathurst.
With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin, As Far As The Mackenzie River And Cape Bathurst.
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189,18 zł |
Guanacos kreuzen den Weg: Reiseberichte
ISBN: 9783833439254 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Chicken Airline: Erlebnisse rund ums Fliegen
ISBN: 9783837035834 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Auf seinen vielen Reisen mit dem Flugzeug, zusammen genommen etwa 6 -mal um die Erde, erlebte der Autor viele Begebenheiten beim und um das Fliegen. Lustiges, Komisches aber auch Dramatisches. Von einem beinahe Absturz, ber verschollenes Gepck bis zu merkwrdigem Service wird berichtet. In zuflliger Folge werden die Erlebnisse hier erzhlt.
Auf seinen vielen Reisen mit dem Flugzeug, zusammen genommen etwa 6 -mal um die Erde, erlebte der Autor viele Begebenheiten beim und um das Fliegen. L...
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So weit so gut: Reiseimpressionen aus aller Welt
ISBN: 9783837076608 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Egal ob der Sden Afrikas. Indien, Borneo, die Sdsee, die Mongolei oder Venedig, berall gibt es fr den Beobachter ganz besondere Bilder einzufangen und Stimmungen zu erleben. Survival oder Stadtbummel, Tigersafari oder Buckelwale, hier wird Natur erlebbar gemacht.
Egal ob der Sden Afrikas. Indien, Borneo, die Sdsee, die Mongolei oder Venedig, berall gibt es fr den Beobachter ganz besondere Bilder einzufangen und...
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Sommer in der Antarktis
ISBN: 9783837029000 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island
ISBN: 9781926645179 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Refreshingly free of the hubris that marks much adventure writing. . . The reader never feels assaulted by Kobalenko's daring, only inspired by it.--"The New York Times Book Review."
Refreshingly free of the hubris that marks much adventure writing. . . The reader never feels assaulted by Kobalenko's daring, only inspired by it.--"...
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Wer nicht geht, kehrt nicht heim: Erlebnisse, Gedichte und Erzählungen
ISBN: 9783732254798 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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werkwoorden: werkworte *workbook
ISBN: 9783839180556 / Holenderski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ein eindrucksvolles poetisches Reisepanorama der Amerikanerin Annmarie Sauer als literarische Dokumentation ihrer Zeit als Dolmetscherin beim Europaparlament.
Ein eindrucksvolles poetisches Reisepanorama der Amerikanerin Annmarie Sauer als literarische Dokumentation ihrer Zeit als Dolmetscherin beim Europapa...
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