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  • Beyond the Edge: Accounts of Historic, Significant, and Little-Known Expeditions on the Greenland Ice Cap

    Beyond the Edge, #2

    de Gerald Johnson ...
    Series Libro 2 - Beyond the Edge
    In the 1870s, maps of Greenland were incomplete, and the interior was a blank space. Was there ice from coast to coast, or was there land somewhere in the middle? Did, or could, anything live there? Neither explorers nor local inhabitants had yet ventured beyond the coast.Then, in 1876, the Danish government began a series of expeditions to answer the question of what lay inland from Greenland's ... Leer más

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  • Beyond the Edge: The Search for Ultima Thule, the Northernmost Land on Earth

    Beyond the Edge, #1

    de Gerald Johnson ...
    Series Libro 1 - Beyond the Edge
    For nearly two thousand years, men and women have sought to find Earth's elusive northernmost point of land. In Beyond the Edge, Gerald Johnson chronicles the search for this unique and mysterious place.The journey joins together vastly different civilizations and eras in a common quest. The ancient Greeks, the Vikings, and European and American explorers-past and present-all share the ambition, ... Leer más

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  • Beyond the Edge: Historic Stories of Polar Navigation

    Beyond the Edge, #3

    de Gerald Johnson ...
    Series Libro 3 - Beyond the Edge
    Before GPS, celestial navigation was an essential part of polar exploration. It was so critical that it was often the cause of the success or failure of expeditions. Beyond the Edge, Vol. III relates firsthand accounts of the critical role played by navigators in arctic exploration. ... Leer más

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  • The Ice at the End of the World

    An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

    de Jon Gertner ...
    A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change“Jon Gertner takes readers to spots few journalists or even explorers have visited. The result is a gripping and important book.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth ExtinctionNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • South with the Sun

    Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery

    de Lynne Cox ...
    Lynne Cox, adventurer, swimmer, and bestselling author gives us a full-scale account of the life and expeditions of Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” who left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Titanic: A Very Deceiving Night

    de Tim Maltin ...
    Tim Maltin, Britain's foremost authority on RMS Titanic, can finally reveal precisely why Titanic struck the iceberg. Through vivid images, first person testimonies and forensic investigation Maltin also reveals why the nearby ship, the Californian, failed to come to her rescue, resulting in the death of 1500 passengers. Titanic: A Very Deceiving Night finally draws to a close the world's biggest ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • After the North Pole

    A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

    de Erling Kagge ...
    Traducido por Kari Dickson ...
    "A dazzling book — soulful, awe-inspiring, and deeply thought-provoking. Erling Kagge takes readers on a journey they’ll never forget." — Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life"After the North Pole is a thrilling, insightful, and magical journey with something to interest readers of all stripes." — Shelf AwarenessFrom acclaimed Norwegian explorer, philosopher, and writer ... Leer más

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  • Ships of Wood and Men of Iron

    A Norwegian-Canadian Saga of Exploration in the High Arctic

    de Gerard Kenney ...
    In the barren lands of Canada far north of the Arctic circle, summers are quick and cool, mere short interruptions in the true business of the polar regions, winter. Winters there can be dangerous with temperatures that plunge to awesome depths during the long, lonely hours of Arctic darkness. Powerful blizzards shriek across the land for days at a time, causing all animal life to seek shelter ... Leer más

    $8.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road

    de Charlie Wing ...
    Your quick-access guide to international and U.S. boating rulesThe U.S. Coast Guard requires every boat more than 39-feet long to carry a copy of the nautical rules of the road onboard. Here’s one that is convenient and handy enough for quick reference on the water. This bestselling guide includes the full text of the original rules, and Charlie Wing’s clear, rule-by-rule translations make them ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

  • The Great Polar Fraud

    Cook, Peary, and Byrd?How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole

    de Anthony Galvin ...
    In 1910 Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo toward the North Pole but soon received word that two Americans-Frederick Cook and Robert Peary-each claimed to have reached the Pole ahead of him. Devastated, Amundsen famously went south. For years Cook and Peary tried to convince the world of their claims. Finally the National Geographic Society endorsed Peary, and the matter seemed settled. In May 1926 ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Discovery

    The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition

    de Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., Admiral ...
    From the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Antarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the uncharted scientific promise it held were too much to leave behind forever. Launched during the Great Depression amid great public skepticism, and with funding at its toughest to secure, this second Antarctic journey proved as daring, eventful, and inspiring as ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The North Pole, Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

    de Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Introduction, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Foreword ...
    This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSIntroductionForewordI The PlanII PreparationsIII The StartIV Up to Cape YorkV Welcome from the EskimosVI An Arctic OasisVII Odd Customs of an Odd PeopleVIII Getting RecruitsIX A Walrus HuntX Knocking at the Gateway to the PoleXI Close Quarters with the IceXII The Ice Fight Goes O... ... Leer más

    $2.69 USD