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

    Beyond the Edge, #1

    par Gerald Johnson ...
    Collections Livre 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, ... En savoir plus

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

    Beyond the Edge, #2

    par Gerald Johnson ...
    Collections Livre 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 ... En savoir plus

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  • Beyond the Edge: Historic Stories of Polar Navigation

    Beyond the Edge, #3

    par Gerald Johnson ...
    Collections Livre 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. ... En savoir plus

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  • The Ice at the End of the World

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $14.99 CAD Maintenant $11.99 CAD

  • South with the Sun

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Titanic: A Very Deceiving Night

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

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  • After the North Pole

    A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

    par Erling Kagge ...
    Traduit par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Ships of Wood and Men of Iron

    A Norwegian-Canadian Saga of Exploration in the High Arctic

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Great Polar Fraud

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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

    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... ... En savoir plus

    $3.70 CAD

  • The Alaskan Voyage of the Sea Shanty

    par Charles Kaluza ...
    This is my story of healing and exploration while fulfilling a lifelong dream. The voyage itself was wonderful but the healing it brought me was far more important. Sailing to Alaska is common enough but sailing in a boat you finished yourself is less common. The experience allowed me to grow out of my illness and experience life to a much fuller extent. And just maybe the stabilization of my ... En savoir plus

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