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Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. …
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? …
The Russians in the Arctic (1958) examines Soviet attitudes towards the Arctic, its exploration and opening for exploitation, and the impact of Soviet rule and policies on the …
While the Spanish are often remembered for bringing smallpox and other diseases to the New World, little attention is paid to their efforts to eradicate one of the greatest killers …
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 …
The account of Hermann Beckler, German medical officer and botanical collector with the Burke and Wills expedition, translated and published for the first time.First-hand accounts …
Boka "Kjønn i isen" utfordrer ideen om de arktiske strøk som den maskuline mannens domene. Vi møter både mannlige og kvinnelige polarforskere, fangstfolk og kunstnere. Gjennom ni …
The Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845 is perhaps the greatest disaster in the history of exploration--all 129 men vanished, as did the expedition's two ships, HMS …
Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica - the Unknown Southern …
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the …