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Visual Culture and Arctic Voyages
ISBN: 9781108994897 / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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120,57 zł |
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The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic
ISBN: 9780393323214 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1830s, the forbidding Antarctic region represented the ultimate mystery. The prospect of discovering a lucrative whaling ground made this uncharted and untapped region especially enticing. Three expeditions to the pole were launched simultaneously by the United States, France, and Britain, each vying to be the first to venture farther south than any vessel had ever sailed before. These expeditions paved the way for the explorers, traders, and whalers of what was to become known as the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration. The Race to the White Continent is a captivating account of...
In the 1830s, the forbidding Antarctic region represented the ultimate mystery. The prospect of discovering a lucrative whaling ground made this uncha...
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104,61 zł |
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Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
ISBN: 9780393329049 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley s 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny s 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable often homemade charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergence, that sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer...
This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley s 1699 voyage in the Paramore to t...
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104,61 zł |
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Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
ISBN: 9780471404200 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Absorbing.artfully narrat es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including evidence of cannibalism) found by searchers sent to look for Franklin in the 1850s. Adventure readers will flock to this fine regaling of the enduring mystery surrounding the best-known disaster in Arctic exploration.--Booklist
""A great Victorian adventure story rediscovered and re-presented for a more enquiring time.""--The Scotsman ""A vivid, sometimes harrowing chronicle of miscalculation and overweening Victorian pride in untried... Absorbing.artfully narrat es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including evi...
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87,14 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans
ISBN: 9780471986652 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An up-to-date and authoritative one-volume reference offering comprehensive coverage of the biology, climatology, oceanography, geology, history and current legal, political and human aspects of the Antarctic continent and the surrounding ocean and islands.
* Edited by Dr Bernard Stonehouse - a research scientist, writer and editor with wide-ranging field experience of Antarctica and the southern oceans * Entries from 25 eminent contributors, writing under the direction of six advisory editors, ensures an up-to-date and authoritative presentation * Comprehensive... An up-to-date and authoritative one-volume reference offering comprehensive coverage of the biology, climatology, oceanography, geology, history and c...
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2717,04 zł |
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Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
ISBN: 9780595409693 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through private letters and diaries, the author presents a day-by-day chronicle of the true story of the 25 men who in 1881 set sail to establish a scientific base in the Artic region of Lady Franklin Bay. Three years later, only three returned.
Through private letters and diaries, the author presents a day-by-day chronicle of the true story of the 25 men who in 1881 set sail to establish a sc...
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104,61 zł |
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South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
ISBN: 9780786705979 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The chief source for Alfred Lansing's bestselling Endurance, this unparalleled story of the limits of human courage and perseverance presents Shackleton's enthralling personal account of his doomed ship and his heroic rescue of its crew. of photos & maps.
The chief source for Alfred Lansing's bestselling Endurance, this unparalleled story of the limits of human courage and perseverance presents Shacklet...
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189,69 zł |
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
ISBN: 9780842308243 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumphant story of indomitable courage and faith in the face of astounding obstacles.
A bestseller since it was first published in 1959, Alfred Lansing's Endurance now features a foreword and afterword from Dr. James Dobson—inspiring every reader to persevere no matter how impossible the challenge. In 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for mont...
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74,21 zł |
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Fifty Years Below Zero
ISBN: 9781590480786 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brower had left San Francisco with the intention of making a short dash north on a whaling ship bound for the mythic Arctic Circle. Adventure had a way of following Charlie Brower. His initial landing turned into a fifty-year long ice-bound lifestyle. Once he stepped off the whaler and back onto dry, albeit frozen land, Brower took a job as master of the whaling station. But, though commerce brought him north, it was the people that helped keep him there for Charlie soon became fast friends with the native Inuit people. They taught him how to hunt seals on the ice, caribou on the tundra, and...
Brower had left San Francisco with the intention of making a short dash north on a whaling ship bound for the mythic Arctic Circle. Adventure had a wa...
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100,91 zł |
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Antarctica: Land of the Penguins: Band 10/White
ISBN: 9780007186402 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The survival of the white continent's most famous inhabitants is the subject of this beautiful book. The beauty of Antarctic and the enchanting secrets of its penguin population is brought to life with a delightful series of photographs by the Big Cat Diaries team of Jonathan and Angela Scott. - White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language. - Text type - A non-chronological report. - A poster on pages 30 and 31 advertises the highlights and attractions of the magical land of Antarctica, providing opportunities for speaking, listening and... The survival of the white continent's most famous inhabitants is the subject of this beautiful book. The beauty of Antarctic and the enchanting sec... |
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51,33 zł |
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The Top of the Bottom of the World!: A Doctor's Journey to the Highest Point of the South Pole
ISBN: 9781483673882 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,88 zł |
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Antarctic Marine Geology
ISBN: 9780521131681 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive single-authored book to introduce students and researchers to the marine geology of the Antarctic.
A comprehensive single-authored book to introduce students and researchers to the marine geology of the Antarctic.
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332,62 zł |
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Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska
ISBN: 9781444697353 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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161,40 zł |
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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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168,42 zł |
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Deutschland im Stillen Ozean: Samoa, Karolinen, Marshall-Inseln, Marianen, Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Bismarck-Archipel und Salomo-Inseln
ISBN: 9783956101359 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Jahre 1900 bereiste Georg Wegener alle Inselstaaten des Pazifik bzw. des Stillen Ozeans, die seinerzeit zu den deutschen Kolonien gehorten. Mit den hier niedergeschriebenen Schilderungen seiner Reise (Erstveroffentlichung 1903), in denen er vor allem auf die Schonheit von Flora und Fauna eingeht, mochte Wegener aufgrund einer aufkeimender Skepsis der allgemeinen Offentlichkeit ein Pladoyer fur den Fortbestand dieser Kolonien schaffen. Um seine Ausfuhrungen zu untermauern, stellt er ihnen zahlreiche Fotografien zur Seite, was dieses Buch auch heute noch zu einem hochst interessanten Werk...
Im Jahre 1900 bereiste Georg Wegener alle Inselstaaten des Pazifik bzw. des Stillen Ozeans, die seinerzeit zu den deutschen Kolonien gehorten. Mit den...
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121,87 zł |
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Reise um die Erde durch Nord-Asien und die beiden Oceane in den Jahren 1828 bis 1830
ISBN: 9783861950660 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der zweite Abschnitt des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman behandelt physikalische Phanomene und Entdeckungen rund um den Erdmagnetismus, aber auch Orts- und Declinationsbestimmungen.
Der zweite Abschnitt des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman behandelt physikalische Phanomene und Entdeckungen rund um den Erdmagnetismus, aber auch Orts-...
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504,04 zł |
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Reise um die Erde durch Nord-Asien und die beiden Oceane in den Jahren 1828 bis 1830
ISBN: 9783861950639 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 774 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der erste Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1833 beschreibt den abenteuerlichen Landweg von Berlin bis zum Eismeer uber St. Petersburg, Jekaterinburg, den Ural bis nach Irkutksk.
Der erste Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1833 beschreibt den abenteuerlichen Landweg von Berlin bis zum Eismeer uber St. Peters...
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504,04 zł |
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Reise um die Erde durch Nord-Asien und die beiden Oceane in den Jahren 1828 bis 1830
ISBN: 9783861950646 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der zweite Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1839 beschreibt den Weg von Irkutksk uber das aldanische Gebirge bis nach Ochozk.
Der zweite Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1839 beschreibt den Weg von Irkutksk uber das aldanische Gebirge bis nach Ochozk.
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504,04 zł |
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Reise um die Erde durch Nord-Asien und die beiden Oceane in den Jahren 1828 bis 1830
ISBN: 9783861950653 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der dritte Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1848 erzahlt von der langen und strapazenreichen Reise auf die Halbinsel Kamtschatka im Jahre 1829. Dieser Band enthalt daruber hinaus im Anhang den Atlas und alle Erlauterungen zur gesamten Reise.
Der dritte Band des Reiseberichts von Adolph Erman aus dem Jahre 1848 erzahlt von der langen und strapazenreichen Reise auf die Halbinsel Kamtschatka ...
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504,04 zł |
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In Nacht und Eis
ISBN: 9783861951728 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Juni 1893 segelte Nansen in die Arktis. Sein Schiff wurde bei den Neusibirischen Inseln absichtlich im Packeis eingefroren und mit diesem nordwarts treiben gelassen. Als jedoch offensichtlich wurde, dass man mit der Fram den Nordpol nicht erreichen wurde, brach Nansen mit Schlitten, Hunden und Kajaks zu Fu in Richtung Norden auf. Ihnen war bewusst, dass sie kaum eine Chance haben wurden, das Schiff in der eisigen Weite der Arktis wieder finden werden...
Im Juni 1893 segelte Nansen in die Arktis. Sein Schiff wurde bei den Neusibirischen Inseln absichtlich im Packeis eingefroren und mit diesem nordwarts...
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228,86 zł |
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