Polar Regions category: 485 books
by William John McGee
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The term Siouan is the adjective denoting the "Sioux" Indians and cognate tribes. The word "Sioux" has been variously and vaguely used. Originally it was a corruption of...
The Technocratic Antarctic
An Ethnography of Scientific Expertise and Environmental Governance
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The Technocratic Antarctic is an ethnographic account of the scientists and policymakers who work on Antarctica. In a place with no indigenous people, Antarctic scientists and policymakers use expertise as their primary model of governance. Scientific research and policymaking are practices that inform...
Au coeur de l'Antarctique
Vers le pôle Sud, 1908-1909 (Avec des photographies de l'expédition)
Language: French
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Au début du siècle précédent, le pôle Sud constituait encore une des dernières terra incognita de la planète. Von Drygalski, Nordenskjöld, Charcot, Scott, tous avaient été vaincus par les glaces. Mais, à bord du Discovery de Scott, un homme se jure de revenir à la charge : le bouillant...
The Outpost of the Lost
An Arctic Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
In the summer of 1881, Lt. Adolphus Greely of the Fifth United States Cavalry and a crew of twenty-one men set out on the Proteus to explore the then relatively-unknown Arctic Circle. During their three-year journey, the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, as it came to be known, was meant to ascertain...
by Taz Tally
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Experience the inimitable natural beauty of The Last Frontier
The breathtaking sights to be found in the state of Alaska defy comparison. A vast and remote region of mostly untouched nature, Alaska is truly a destination best explored by car. Veteran author, photographer, and Alaska explorer,...
Anchorage Remembers
A Century of Tales
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
In the words of those who’ve lived it, a memoir anthology celebrating the history of Anchorage, from the first sale of town lots in 1915 to Alaska’s largest city in 2015. The Sand Lake Boys, Drunk on Daylight, Earthquake at the Spa, Mayor’s Memoir—these are among forty engaging selections by Alaskans who know and love this place.
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The Arctic environment is in a state of flux and the U.S. government must be prepared to handle the evolution and capitalize on the opportunities. Once barren and desolate, the Arctic is slowly coming to life with industry and commerce brought about by receding ice conditions. Along with that comes...
by Peter Landgraf
Language: German
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: German
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Eine Kreuzfahrt in den Gewässern der Antarktis hat echten Expeditionscharakter. Ziele müssen aufgegeben, neue gesucht und angesteuert werden. Die Reise beginnt in Punta Arenas in Patagonien. Sie führt über die Magellanstraße zur Gletscherwelt der chilenischen Fjorde mit den Jagdgründen der indianischen...
by Daniele Pisano
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Traduzione dell’Edda Antica dal norreno (antico scandinavo) all’italiano di Daniele Pisano (Bjǫrn Vargsson). Composta da 35 poemi, di cui 30 del Codex Regius e 5 esterni ad esso. Questa edizione è in ePub, perciò non include il testo norreno a fronte, in quanto tale formato non supporta né...
by CHARLES TURLEY
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when...
Contes des enfants du monde - Petit Inuit
À la lecture de ce conte, découvre la vie de cet enfant inuit !
Language: French
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Inuits : habitants des côtes situées au nord du Groenland et de l’Amérique du Nord. On les a appelés à tort « Esquimaux », mot qui signifie « mangeurs de viande crue ». Inuit signifie « les gens » et c’est ainsi qu’ils se nomment eux-mêmes. Le climat de ces régions est rigoureux...
Seefahrer Romantik
Ein Bilderbuch für Liebhaber historischer Segelschiffe
Language: German
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Ein Bilderbuch für Liebhaber großer Seegelschiffe. Begleiten Sie die Autoren auf einer Bilderreise zu historischen Segelschiffen, die auch heute noch ihren Dienst versehen. Ideal zum selber freuen - oder als Geschenk.
Wilde Freiheit 2. Teil
15 Monate am Anfang der Welt - Überwinterung mit den letzten Rentiernomaden in der Mongolei
Language: German
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Ziel unserer Expeditionsreise waren die letzten tuwinischen Rentiernomaden in der Mongolei. In diesem Buch berichten wir über das abenteuerliche und einfache Leben mit den Nomaden, in dem die kleinste Fehlentscheidung – ein einziger Schritt daneben – tödlich enden kann. Und doch ist es ein Dasein,...
Trans-Ost-Expedition - Die 1. Etappe
Mit dem Rad vom Bodensee zum Schwarzen Meer
Language: German
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Im Rahmen ihrer 30jährigen Expedition "Die große Reise" beginnt für Tanja und Denis Katzer am Bodensee ein neues Abenteuer. Ihre Route: 25.000 km mit dem Fahrrad von Deutschland nach Österreich, über die Slowakei, Ungarn, Serbien, Rumänien, Moldawien, Ukraine und Russland bis nach Sibirien, auf...