Bøger om Polarområder

På zarens befaling fortæller historien om de to danskledede ekspeditioner, der i 1700-tallet på den russiske zars ordre tog på opdagelsesrejse i et tyndt befolket og særdeles barskt hjørne af verden: Sibirien, Kamtjatka og det nordlige Stillehav. Mange ekspeditionsdeltagere gik til af kulde og skørbug, heriblandt den øverstkommanderende, flådeofficeren Vitus Bering. Efter ham er Beringstrædet posthumt opkaldt, for dette stræde, der adskiller Asien og Amerika, var en af de afgørende opdagelser, som rejserne kastede af sig på en tid, hvor det geografiske kendskab til denne region var meget begrænset. Bogens anden hovedperson, kaptajn Martin Spangsberg, der var en af Berings to næstkommanderende, overlevede ganske vist, men rejserne endte heller ikke ubetinget lykkeligt for ham, da han fik lagt sig ud med zar-regimet og de russiske embedsmænd. Resultaterne af anstregelserne, de mange rapporter, kort, logbøger osv., imponerede ikke i samtiden og samlede støv i en tid, før man begyndte at forstå omfanget af dem: De førte til helt ny viden om områdets geografi, biologi og etnografi, og siden hen har de ekstreme og voldsomme vilkår, som ekspeditionsdeltagerne var underlagt, i mange generationer fascineret og inspireret til historiefortælling. På zarens befaling er smukt og pædagogisk gennemillustreret med farvebilleder og kort fra et perspektiv, som de færreste danske læsere er vant til at se dem.

Grønland har i mange år været en kilde til fascination og inspiration for fotografen Henrik Saxgren, og han har gennem flere opsøgt det nordligste Grønland og her fundet stof til sit nye fotografiske værk, Ultima Thule. I Grønland finder han mål for sin kunstneriske søgen i samspillet mellem naturen og fangernes farefulde liv. Med en blanding af nysgerrighed og nøgtern undren skildrer han deres færd og deres jagt på havet og på isen, han viser den tavse, monumentale, storladne natur, de lever i, han viser dramaet ved deres møde med naturen, de fysiske omkostninger ved det liv, de lever, i et smukt fotografisk sprog, der rækker langt ud over blot og bar dokumentation.

Kirsten Hastrups storværk Vinterens hjerte - Knud Rasmussen og hans tid er ikke en biografi i klassisk forstand, men derimod en rejse med polarforskeren ind i vinterens hjerte. Forfatterens ærinde er at forstå, hvad der drev ham ud i det yderste øde, og hvorfor hans rejseberetninger vandt så stor popularitet i samtiden, som de gjorde. Hvad var det for en tid og et samfund, der gjorde ham til helt og bannerfører for langt mere omfattende ideer? Knud Rasmussens mange Thule-ekspeditioner og hans beretninger om dem vandt ham et ry som nationalhelt og anerkendt forsker - og han er ikke til at komme uden om, hvis man er det mindste interesseret i arktisk kultur og historie. Hans omfattende forfatterskab rummer skønlitterære ansatser, rejseberetninger, oversættelser af eskimoiske sagn samt videnskabelige fremstillinger af eskimoisk kultur. Og det er først og fremmest hans fortjeneste, at København længe var eskimoforskningens verdenshovedstad.Knud Rasmussen er biograferet flere gange før, oftest i begejstrede helteportrætter, men fælles for dem alle er, at det historiske bagtæppe er mere eller mindre usynligt. Kirsten Hastrup fortæller en historie, som er meget større end Knud Rasmussens egen – det er også videnskabens, nationens og kolonialismens historie, som her bliver fortalt. Kirsten Hastrup drømte som barn om at blive polarforsker, men endte i stedet som professor i antropologi ved Københavns Universitet og præsident for De Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. "Seks hjerter." - Politiken "Fire stjerner." - Berlingske Tidende "Fire stjerner." - Jydske Vestkysten "Fire stjerner." - Jyllands-Posten

GRØNLAND OM STYRBORD er en spændende beretning om en 4500 kilometer tomands-ekspedition i en lille 17 fods havjagtbåd langs Grønlands vestkyst fra syd til nord. En rejse i en storslået natur, hvor storis, storm, tåge og farlige skær var en del af hverdagen. I bogen fortælles om oplevelser med natur og dyreliv, jagt og fiskeri og møder med mennesker i verdens nordligst beboede egne. En ønskebog om Grønland. Rigt illustreret med over 100 fotos i farve og sort-hvid.

Like a modern Viking, 32-year-old Nansen set sail from Norway in 1893 to reach the North Pole. Experts warned him that his voyage was tantamount to suicide. Compact and nimble, his ship the Fram was equiped with the latest tools to gather scientific data. As yet untested, the ship was specially built to withstand the relentless pressure of the polar ice cap. To complete the final leg, Nansen was to strike out into the polar desert by sledge.Nansen became an overnight sensation when - having been given up for dead - he emerged three years later, alive. His single-minded struggle against snow drifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, gnawing hunger and the loneliness of the polar night would inspire young explorers such as Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen a generation later to make new conquests. Even Sigmund Freud was enthused.Today, Nansen's adventure journal is a rare, heroic window on an untamed Arctic world still untouched by man and rising temperatures.

Polarforsker Peter Freuchen fortæller her fabulerende, men autentisk, historier fra sit liv som ekspeditionsrejsende i især de barske arktiske egne. Hans kærlighed til de dengang såkaldt primitive folkeslag gennemsyrer fortællingerne, der er rige på både hårdføre naturoplevelser og ren overlevelse.Samhørende med \"Min grønlandske Ungdom\"Peter Freuchen (1886-1957). Dansk forfatter og journalist. Skrev især om sine mange ekspeditioner som opdagelsesrejsende, blandt andet sammen med Knud Rasmussen, med hvem han i 1910 etablerede en udforskningsstation i Thule. Peter Freuchens ekspeditioner gik som oftest til de hårdføre og endnu uudforskede arktiske områder, men i 1935 besøgte han tillige Afrika. Hans forfatterskab er bredt og strækker sig fra rejseskildringer til romaner og selvbiografiske værker – gennemsyret af stor passion.

Den store opdagelsesrejsende Peter Freuchen fortæller medrivende og direkte om sine oplevelser fra Sibiriens ultrahårde og nådesløse klima. En rejse han foretog i slutningen af 1930'erne.Bogen er skrevet i og med samtidens sprog og retskrivning.Peter Freuchen (1886-1957). Dansk forfatter og journalist. Skrev især om sine mange ekspeditioner som opdagelsesrejsende, blandt andet sammen med Knud Rasmussen, med hvem han i 1910 etablerede en udforskningsstation i Thule. Peter Freuchens ekspeditioner gik som oftest til de hårdføre og endnu uudforskede arktiske områder, men i 1935 besøgte han tillige Afrika. Hans forfatterskab er bredt og strækker sig fra rejseskildringer til romaner og selvbiografiske værker – gennemsyret af stor passion.

Der er talløse måder at fortælle en historie på.En dreng møder en pige. Fortiden møder fremtiden.En finger møder en aftrækker. Begyndelsen møder slutningen.England vil for evigt bestå. England vil falde.I den nære fremtid får en kvindelig embedsmedarbejder job i et nyoprettet ministerium, der bringer migranter fra fortiden ind i nutidens London for at se, hvordan de fysisk og mentalt reagerer på at blive transporteret gennem tid og rum. Hendes officielle rolle er at arbejde som ”bro” for en af tidsmigranterne: dvs. leve sammen med, assistere og overvåge kaptajnløjtnant Graham Gore fra Victoriatidens England, der går under kaldenavnet ’1847’.Ifølge historiebøgerne døde kaptajnløjtnant Gore ellers i netop 1847 på en ekspedition til Arktis – så han er en smule desorienteret over nu at befinde sig i det 21. århundredes London, i live og omgivet af aparte realiteter såsom "vaskemaskine", "Spotify" og "Det Britiske Imperiums undergang". Men bevæbnet med en stor portion eventyrlyst og en hang til uhæmmet kæderygning tilpasser han sig så småt, og i løbet af en lang, lummer sommer udvikler relationen mellem ham og hans bro sig fra akavet, over ægte venskab, til andet og langt, langt mere.Men efterhånden som sandheden om det projekt, der bragte dem sammen, så småt begynder at tone frem, bliver det umage par tvunget til at konfrontere beslutninger, der ligger bag dem, såvel som fremtidsscenarier de kun kan forestille sig. Kan kærlighed overvinde magtstrukturer og de historier, der har formet dem? Og hvordan trodser man historien, når man bor under tag med den?Ministeriet for Tid er en original og underholdende roman om en forelskelses dragende kraft på tværs af århundreder, og om hvordan selv ubetydelige valg kan påvirke, hvorvidt man ender med at stå på den rette side af historien.

Can two friends ski across Greenland in the Arctic late in life?Terry Williams and Aaron Linsdau were one of the oldest teams ever to ski across the Greenland Ice Cap unsupported. They trekked over 300 miles of frozen Arctic wastelands using compasses to guide them. Crossing fresh polar bear tracks reminded them that they were not alone."Well, you wanted adventure!"Terry, 68 years old, and Aaron, 49 years old, had their tent nearly buried during one brutal storm. They faced the ultimate challenge of friendship in the harshest environments on Earth. The pair was absolutely reliant on each other for survival. Sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds pushed their bodies to the limit.Get this book and read what kind of friendship it takes to be alone for over a month in the Arctic.

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed "Gino"), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious expedition to the east coast of Greenland and into its vast and forbidding interior to set up a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, 8,200 feet above sea level. The Ice Cap Station was to be the anchor of a transpolar route of air travel from Europe to North America.The weather on the ice cap was appalling. Fierce storms. Temperatures plunging lower than -45° Celsius in the winter. Watkins's scheme called for rotating teams of two men each to monitor the station for two months at a time. No one had ever tried to winter over in that hostile landscape, let alone manage a weather station through twelve continuous months. Watkins was younger than anyone under his command. But he had several daring trips to the Arctic under his belt and no one doubted his judgement.The first crisis came in the fall when a snowstorm stranded a resupply mission halfway to the top for many weeks. When they arrived at the ice cap, there were not enough provisions and fuel for another two-man shift, so the station would have to be abandoned. Then team member August Courtauld made an astonishing offer. To enable the mission to go forward, he would monitor the station solo through the winter. When a team went up in March to relieve Courtauld, after weeks of brutal effort to make the 130-mile journey, they could find no trace of him or the station. By the end of March, Courtauld's situation was desperate. He was buried under an immovable load of frozen snow and was disastrously short on supplies. On 21 April, four months after Courtauld began his solitary vigil, Gino Watkins set out inland with two companions to find and rescue him.David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (The Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the epic survival ordeal that ensued.

"Raven has flown down from his world above the sky and has filled the Earth with creatures. But when he sees that the people have forgotten to respect what he has created, Raven angrily rips the shining sun from its place in the sky, leaving the Earth to freeze with just the moon for light. Life becomes hard for the people below. Little Darkness is an ordinary Inuit boy, except that he has been born with a special gift. But he will only discover it when he finds a strange object on the ice and hears the haunting lullaby his mother sang to him when he was a little baby. In deciding to pick up the object, his adventure will begin, taking him into a vast world beyond imagining. His journey will change him, the Earth, and all its inhabitants forever. Song of the Raven offers an Inuit message of hope and healing for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who wants to cherish and sustain our beautiful Earth"--

Poppy's Planet is a whimsical rhyming story about a magical flying penguin named Poppy and the world around us. Upset about the damage and destruction caused to our planet, Poppy sets out to make us all aware of how we can save the world together! A huge success when first released in the USA in 2013, Poppy's Planet was the first book released by transatlantic author and illustrator duo Russ Brown and Jamie Cosley. A superheroic story about a magical penguin called Poppy (named after one of the author's two children), Poppy's Planet is all about saving the world in every little way we can. Exploring environmental issues and what we can be doing to help protect the world around us, Poppy is the environmental avenger we need. Teaching children about recycling, climate change and more in wonderful rhyme.

Only special wild creatures live in the snow.Many are white, and hidden from sight.But have you heard a rumour about a Snow Bomino?Snow Bomino is a heart-warming starlit adventure about a lovable misunderstood monster who lives in a snow covered forest, struggling to make friends....until he happens upon a little white arctic Fox. A perfect story to emphasize the importance of friendship, sharing, understanding and kindness, and how helping each other can change everything for the better.A wonderful new winter's tale beautifully written with breathtaking illustrations. A budding classic in a magical night time setting that children will engage with from start to finish and will want to read again and again.

"Arctic Aria: Polar Natural life Cradlesongs" is a charming and interesting investigation of the frozen wonderland of the Cold, offering a new point of view on the existences of its striking occupants. This narrative series, described by a carefully prepared naturalist, welcomes watchers to a quiet and endearing excursion into the domain of polar untamed life.At its heart, "Arctic Aria" is a tribute to the peaceful and enchanting Cold climate, with its immense ice fields, transcending ice sheets, and bone chilling oceans. The series gives an unparalleled view to the extraordinary existences of the Icy's most famous animals, from the great polar bear to the slippery Icy fox, as they explore the difficulties of their outrageous natural surroundings. What sets "Artic Aria" separated is its emphasis on the calmer, more delicate minutes in the existences of these creatures. In the quieted magnificence of the Cold evening, the series divulges the mysterious universe of polar untamed life bedtime songs, an ensemble of maternal consideration and holding. Watchers witness the mitigating, cadenced songs of polar bear moms murmuring delicately to their fledglings, or the delicate quiet of penguin guardians as they serenade their chicks to rest. These impactful children's songs are a demonstration of the profound close to home associations and sustaining senses of Cold animals.The cinematography in "Icy Aria" is just amazing, catching the ethereal Icy scene in the entirety of its greatness, while additionally giving a cozy investigate the private minutes among parent and posterity. A visual gala submerges the crowd in the brutal yet charming universe of the polar districts. Past its shocking visuals, "Cold Aria" highlights the significance of protection and the delicacy of the Icy biological system. It urges watchers to consider the eventual fate of these notable species notwithstanding environmental change and ecological difficulties. This series is an impactful sign of the obligation we bear to safeguard the sensitive equilibrium of the polar wild.In "Icy Aria: Polar Natural life Children's songs," watchers will end up charmed by the Cold's flawless excellence, enthralled by the delicate snapshots of untamed life nurturing, and roused to be stewards of this indispensable environment. It's a festival of life in quite possibly of the most brutal put on The planet, and a source of inspiration to guarantee that the Icy's cradlesongs keep on reverberating in the frozen wild for a long time into the future.

Explore the fascinating natural features of Hudson's Strait and Bay through the keen observations of renowned naturalist Robert Bell. In this comprehensive account, Bell provides detailed information on the geology, zoology, and botany of the region, backed by his extensive fieldwork in 1885. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the natural history of this unique area of Canada.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Join Elisha Kent Kane on the United States Grinnell Expedition as he searches for Sir John Franklin. This personal narrative provides a fascinating glimpse into the harsh realities of Arctic exploration and the fierce determination of the men who undertook it.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.