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  • The Polar Regions

    An Environmental History

    by Adrian Howkins ...
    Series series Environmental History
    The environmental histories of the Arctic and Antarctica are characterised by contrast and contradiction. These are places that have witnessed some of the worst environmental degradation in recent history. But they are also the locations of some of the most farsighted measures of environmental protection. They are places where people have sought to conquer nature through exploration and economic ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Frozen Empires

    An Environmental History of the Antarctic Peninsula

    by Adrian Howkins ...
    Perpetually covered in ice and snow, the mountainous Antarctic Peninsula stretches southwardd towards the South Pole where it merges with the largest and coldest mass of ice anywhere on the planet. Yet far from being an otherworldly "Pole Apart," the region has the most contested political history of any part of the Antarctic Continent. Since the start of the twentieth century, Argentina, Britain, ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Frozen Empires

    An Environmental History of the Antarctic Peninsula

    by Adrian Howkins ...
    Narrated by Charles Constant ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 31 min

    Perpetually covered in ice and snow, the mountainous Antarctic Peninsula stretches southward towards the South Pole where it merges with the largest and coldest mass of ice anywhere on the planet. Yet far from being an otherworldly "Pole Apart," the region has the most contested political history of any part of the Antarctic Continent. Since the start of the twentieth century, Argentina, Britain, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions

    Edited by Adrian Howkins, Peder Roberts ...
    The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is a landmark collection drawing together the history of the Arctic and Antarctica from the earliest times to the present. Structured as a series of thematic chapters, an international team of scholars offer a range of perspectives from environmental history, the history of science and exploration, cultural history, and the more traditional approaches of ... Read more

    $149.99 CAD

  • National Parks beyond the Nation

    Global Perspectives on "America's Best Idea"

    Edited by Adrian Howkins, Jared Orsi, Mark Fiege ...
    Series series Public Lands History
    “The idea of a national park was an American invention of historic consequences marking the beginning of a worldwide movement,” the U.S. National Park Service asserts in its 2006 Management Policies. National Parks beyond the Nation brings together the work of fifteen scholars and writers to reveal the tremendous diversity of the global national park experience—an experience sometimes influencing, ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Antarctica and the Humanities

    Edited by Lize-Marié van der Watt, Adrian Howkins, Roberts Peder ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of data for natural scientists working to understand global climate change. As this book shows, the tools ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

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  • The Future History of the Arctic

    by Charles Emmerson ...
    Long at the margins of global affairs and at the edge of our mental map of the world, the Arctic has found its way to the center of the issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century: energy security and the struggle for natural resources, climate change and its uncertain speed and consequences, the return of great power competition, the remaking of global trade ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Antarctic

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Prof Klaus Dodds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politically, it is unique as it contains one of the few areas of continental space not claimed by any nation-state. Scientifically, the continental ice sheet has provided us with vital evidence about the Earth ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Polar Imperative

    A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America

    by Shelagh D. Grant ...
    Based on Shelagh Grant’s groundbreaking archival research and drawing on her reputation as a leading historian in the field, Polar Imperative is a compelling overview of the historical claims of sovereignty over this continent’s polar regions. This engaging, timely history examines:the unfolding implications of major climate changesthe impact of resource exploitation on the indigenous peoplesthe ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Thin Ice

    by Richard Ellis ...
    From "a graceful writer who’s written some of the best natural history books of the past decade” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an urgent, stirring celebration and a rallying cry on behalf of one of earth's greatest natural treasures.Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, they are a ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • After the Ice

    Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic

    by Alun Anderson ...
    New from Smithsonian Books, After the Ice is an eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to native peoples to animals and the very landscape itself. Author Alun Anderson explores the effects of global warming amid new geopolitical rivalries, combining science, business, politics, and adventure to provide a fascinating narrative ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ice and Water

    Politics Peoples And The Artic Council

    by John English ...
    As the Far North assumes an increasingly important role in international politics, so too does Canada’s role in its governance. In 1991, eight countries signed the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy: Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland. This was the first step in the formation of the Arctic Council, which was formally established in 1996 to act as ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD