Jäämeri

A harrowing tale of courage and sacrifice at the limits of human endurance ‘A stirring story… a brilliant exposition of narrative non-fiction: moving, harrowing, as gripping as any …

A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic …

Tiedemies Victor Frankenstein kokoaa ihmisen ruumiinosista hirviön, joka herää henkiin. Mary Shelleyn klassikkoteos on tarina hirviöstä, mutta myös poikkeavuudesta ja syrjinnästä, …

In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice …

Liittoutuneiden saattueet kuljettavat varusteita Murmanskiin Jäämeren halki, mutta reitti on henkeäsalpaavan vaarallinen. Arktiset kuljetukset Neuvostoliittoon sisältävät kaikkea …

A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial …

Global energy problems will remain a challenge in the coming decades. The impact of climate change and the melting of polar sea ice opening up access to offshore hydrocarbon …

In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was …

The Arctic region contains large amounts of natural resources considered necessary to sustain global economic growth, so it is unsurprising that it is increasingly susceptible to …

Focusing on nineteenth-century attempts to locate the northwest passage, the essays in this volume present this quest as a central element of British culture.