Endless Sea: Alone around Antarctica–As Far South as a Boat Can Sail
Amyr Klink, whose sailing exploits have made him a hero in Brazil, tells of his daring singlehanded circumnavigation below the Antarctic Convergence. Surfing the waves in his custom-built 50-foot “aluminum red truck,” PARATII, Klink enjoys the quiet confidence that comes from proper planning, common-sense technology, and a lifelong fascination with the history of Southern Ocean sailing.A modern Moitessier, …
Nine-year-old Sophie is going on a month-long voyage to Antarctica, with her dad, the captain of an icebreaker. Sailing the frozen seas round-trip from Australia to Mawson Station in the South Pole, Sophie recounts the adventure of a lifetime in her own words, illustrations, and color photographs. She’ll show us icebergs, penguins, seals, and whales! It’s a dangerous …
A wonderful story about a trip to the Arctic illustrated with magnificent photographs. This book is well organized, and meticulously written. It presents an informative guide to a remote and obviously beautiful part of our planet that many readers have heard of but few have actually visited—or thought of visiting until now. The approachable, friendly style of the …
The most comprehensive field guide to Arctic wildlife. This is the ideal guidebook to the wildlife of the Arctic, which is undergoing such a perilous change. Polar expert Richard Sale describes the ecological and human dynamics of the Arctic as a whole, with detailed information about the peoples of the region and their …
Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions: Or, the Adventures of Sir John Franklin (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions: Or, the Adventures of Sir John FranklinThis volume gives a graphic narrative of the adventure in Arctic Regions of perhaps the most celebrated Arctic traveler of this, or other times. Graphic – because in the main. Sir John Franklin tells his own story. Apart from the interest of the narrative, …
“Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised,” wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard of his time with the 1910 Scott expedition to the South Pole. And that’s how most of us still imagine polar expeditions: stolid men with ice riming their beards drawing sledges and risking death for …
Antarctic Peninsula Antartica – Ecomapa (English/Spanish Edition)
65 x 95 cm, printed both sidesANTARCTICA ECOMAPThe North of the Peninsula is the most visited part of Antarctica every summer. Glaciers, inlets and sailing ports, scientific stations, etc. On the back side large maps of the main visited islands and ports. Artistic drawings of birds and mammals.ECOMAPA PENINSULA ANTARTICAEl norte de la Peninsula Antartica, el lugar mas …
Diplomacy on Ice: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic
As the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, the Arctic and Antarctic have taken on a more prominent role in international relations. Discussion has mostly centered on the potential for conflict, environmental destruction, and upheaval from climate change. This important book shifts the conversation from conflict to cooperation, bringing to light various underappreciated …
It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it “the last great journey”; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This …
Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet marine biologist James B. McClintock has spent three decades studying the frozen land in order to understand better the world that lies beneath it. In this luminous and closely …