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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 observed account, one of the world's leading experts on Antarctica introduces the reader to this fascinating world-the extraordinary wildlife that persists despite the harsh conditions and the way each of the pieces fit into the puzzle of the intricate environment: from single-celled organisms to baleen whales, with leopard seals, penguins, 50-foot algae, sea spiders, coral, and multicolored sea stars, in between. Now, as temperatures rise, the fragile ecosystem is under attack. Adélie penguins that have successfully nested on Antarctic islands for several hundred years have been nearly wiped out. King crabs that used to populate the deep seafloor are moving into shallower waters, disturbing the set order of life there. Lost Antarctica is an appeal to understand and appreciate the wondrous place at the bottom of the world that we are on the brink of losing.

Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, and contentious geopolitics.

Polar explorers were the superstars of the "heroic age" of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In this engaging book, author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable, often heartbreaking lives of seven remarkable women who married world-famous polar explorers. As the daughter of a pioneering polar explorer, Herbert brings a unique perspective to these stories of polar exploration. In her portraits of the gifted sculptor Kathleen Scott; eccentric traveller Jane Franklin; spirited poet Eleanor Anne Franklin; Jo Peary, the first white woman to travel and give birth in the High Arctic; talented and determined Emily Shackleton; Norwegian singer Eva Nansen; and her own mother, adventurer Marie Herbert, Karie Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing, betrayal, and hope with stories of peril and adventure. Herbert illuminates the essential role the women played in supporting, publicizing, defending, and even financing their husbands' expeditions. She follows these "polar wives" not only to the polar wastelands but through war-torn Macedonia, the lawless outback of Australia, and the plague--riddled ancient cities of the Holy Land. With extracts from previously unpublished historic journals and letters, "Polar Wives" brings together for the first time, the compelling stories of seven adventurous women

Eubie is the happiest elf at the North Pole. More than anything else, he longs to be a part of Santa’s sleigh team. Instead, he’s stuck checking the naughty-or-nice lists. Until one Christmas Eve he sees something strange: In the whole town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. So with a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie’s off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?Based on the beloved holiday song “The Happy Elf” by Grammy Award winner Harry Connick, Jr., and with vibrant illustrations from Dan Andreasen, The Happy Elf is a new holiday classic for the entire family.

This book follows an arctic fox through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves.

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Chapters: Alexander Konrad, Austrian Strait, Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, Ernst Krenkel Observatory, Frederick George Jackson, Fridtjof Nansen, Ivan Papanin, Julius von Payer, Karl Weyprecht, Nagurskoye, Otto Schmidt, Valerian Albanov. Excerpt: 43 article summaries including: Chemical and isotopic compositions of rocks and minerals from the Franz Josef Land Archipelago . Chemical composition, age, and magnetic parameters of igneous rocks from the Franz Josef Land . K-Ar ages of basalts from islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago . Chemical and isotopic compositions of rocks and minerals from the Franz Josef Land Archipelago . A review of postglacial emergence on Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, northern Eurasia . K-Ar ages of basalts from islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, supplement to: Grachev, AF; Arakelyantz, MM; Lebedev, VA; Musatov, Evgeny E; Stolbov, NM (2001): New K-Ar . Chemical composition, age, and magnetic parameters of igneous rocks from the Franz Josef Land, supplement to: Piskarev, AL; Heunemann, Ch; Makar'ev, AA; Makar'eva, EM; . Chemical characteristics of coal pebbles and Barzas-type coals, supplement to: Volkova, IB; Bekh-Ivanov, DE; Sidorova, IN (2001): New find of cuticular coal in the Franz Josef . USSR Northern Siberia The Geographical Institute Edinburgh Edited by John Bartholomew, MC, LLD (Copyright), John Bartholomew & Son, LTD (with two inset maps) Novaya . The deep freeze: wildlife photographer Louise Murray hitches a ride on a Russian icebreaker and embarks on a rare trip north of the Arctic Circle to the frozen outpost of Franz Josef Land. Quark Expeditions Commissions the Kapitan Dranitsyn. Four Voyages. Boyd, Louise Arner (18871972). In search of the ivory gull: a symbol of the High Arctic has almost disappeared, and scientists are on a quest to understand why(Wildlife Biology)(Brief Article). The North Pole (If You Like )(Brief Article). Quantifying the Influence of Atlantic Heat on Barents Sea Ice Variability and Retreat. Islands of the Arctic. Cruising News - Europe. SCANSCOPE. Samoilovich, Rudolph (Reuben) Lazarevich. Capelotti, P(eter) J(oseph) 1960-. PERSONAL:. ADDRESSES:. CAREER:. MEMBER:. AWARDS, HONORS:. WRITINGS:. Many happy returns; The Vienna zoo(The Vienna zoo's 250th birthday)(Brief Article). History's ultimate explorer(GEOGRAPHICAL ARCHIVE). Arctic Exploration: Arctic Explorations By Ernest A Man. Arctic Exploration: Artic Exploration By Albert Hastings Markham. Midnight Sun(Poem). Dive in the Arctic (Travel Update)(Brief Article). Svalbard. ISLANDS. Albanov, Valerian Ivanovich 1881-1919. WRITINGS:. The Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus; it's historic and current status(evaluation of endangered Bowhead whale stocks). Relationships between PCBs and thyroid hormones and retinol in female and male polar bears(Research / Article). Under the Ice Dome at the Geographic North Pole. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Chapter 2A Physical Environment. Important Islands and Their Areas. Geographical travel(Thailand). Sediments in bottom-arrested gravity plumes: Numerical case studies. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: Their Distribution and Abundance(Review). Arctic Exploration. Quizzical: have you ever wondered how a sextant works Or perhaps you're curious about all those tunnels that riddle the Rock of Gibraltar, or how the world's postal services figure out who gets paid what for delivering your overseas l...

Only twenty-four when he joined the Scott expedition, an intellectual Englishman desirous of feeding his passion for knowledge with first-hand discovery in Antarctica, Apsley Cherry-Garrard ultimately learned and endured enough to begin questioning everything he had ever known. From 1910 to 1913, this young man was a part of an expedition for penguin eggs that went fatally wrong. Cherry-Garrard describes the individual crew members, the specifics of their scientific discoveries, and the remarkable human resilience exhibited by everyone in the harsh climes of the South Pole. From the boat journey on the 'Terra Nova' to the tragically climactic search for the missing Scott, Cherry-Garrard frankly recounts all of the ensuing difficulties and their causes, in addition to questioning his own decisions and actions prior to the demise of the captain and crew. "The Worst Journey in the World" is a masterpiece of travel writing that unfolds the harrowing tale of the British Antarctic Expedition's sole survivor and his haunted search for a meaning to the human suffering he witnessed. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.