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  • The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time

    The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change

    by Markus Rex ...
    Translated by Sarah Pybus ...
    Series series
    For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.“ A contemporary classic!”—Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage“Show-stopping.”—Publisher’s Weekly STARRED ReviewThe Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern,</st... ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time

    The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change

    by Markus Rex, Marlene Göring ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 6 min

    For readers of Endurance and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a twenty-first-century Arctic mission.The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ship that journeyed deep into the Arctic in 2019, carrying over 100 scientists and crew known as the MOSAiC Expedition. Hailing from across the world, they ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Blue Book of Sailing : The 22 Keys to Sailing Mastery

    The 22 Keys to Sailing Mastery

    by Adam Cort ...
    Transform basic sailing skills into true masteryNo other sport is as complex or as gear- and technique-intensive as sailing. The details and nuances are vast, but beneath the surface are 22 elements, or core areas of knowledge. By understanding these principles you can attain true mastery: tie any knot, shape any sail, take the helm of any boat, no matter how large or unfamiliar. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Sailing a Serious Ocean : Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    by John Kretschmer ...
    Series series CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT
    Learn what it takes to cross an ocean from a veteran sailorIn Sailing a Serious Ocean, author John Kretschmer uses his experiences and stories to show you what you will need to across an ocean or go around the world, in fair weather or foul. His true accounts of storms and other challenges at sea makes exciting reading and shows not only how sailboats should be handled when the chips are down, but ... Read more

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  • Antarctica

    by Kim Stanley Robinson ...
    The award-winning author of the Mars trilogy takes readers to the last pure wilderness on Earth in this powerful and majestic novel.“Antarctica may well be the best novel of the best ecological novelist around.”—LocusIt is a stark and inhospitable place, where the landscape itself poses a challenge to survival, yet its strange, silent beauty has long fascinated scientists and adventurers.Now ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Ice Diaries

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    by Jean McNeil ...
    What do we stand to lose in a world without ice?A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent — Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth that is nobody’s country. Ice Diaries is the story of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear

    by John Vigor ...
    "An invaluable resource. [Vigor's] practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea."--Cruising World. Here is the book that answer the sailor's fundamental question--"Can my boat take me offshore safely?"--then shows how to make it happen. ... Read more

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  • How to Read Water

    Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

    by Tristan Gooley ...
    Series series Natural Navigation
    **A New York Times BestsellerA Forbes Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016The ultimate guide to interpreting natural signs in water**From oceans to puddles, lakes to streams, rain to fog, our planet is covered in water of all kinds. And once you learn to read water’s hidden clues the way writer and navigator Tristan Gooley can, the world becomes a trove of secret signs. In How to Read ... Read more

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  • HANDLING STORMS AT SEA : The 5 Secrets of Heavy Weather Sailing: The 5 Secrets of Heavy Weather Sailing

    The 5 Secrets of Heavy Weather Sailing

    by Hal Roth ...
    The definitive guide to a critical, hotly debated topicHow should a sailor cope with storms at sea? Some advocate heaving-to, others running off. Some say trail a sea anchor over the bow, others a drogue astern. The stakes in the discussion couldn’t be higher, or the consensus lower. Finally, preeminent sailor/author Hal Roth offers a practical strategy that can evolve and respond as storms grow ... Read more

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  • The Complete Sea Kayakers Handbook, Second Edition

    by Shelley Johnson ...
    "...Her writing is clear and concise, sprinkled with bits of humor and many tips gleamed from her years working as a kayak instructor, guide and outfitter."--Sea Kayaker MagazineThe first edition of The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook received immediate acclaim with its selection as the Best Outdoor Instructional Book by the National Outdoor Book Award group. Now this book boasts 352 pages with ... Read more

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  • The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating : An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom: An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom

    An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom

    by John Vigor ...
    “Vigor is one of the finest boating writers of our time.”--Cruising World“You name it, it’s in here. Covers every boating situation. This book is both informative and entertaining.”--Latitudes & Attitudes“John Vigor is the answer guy if you’re having onboard arguments about nautical terminology or the science of sailing in general, and his new book lives up to the promise in its title.”--Good Old ... Read more

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