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The Worst Journey in the World
The Floating Press 1922; US$ 7.99The Worst Journey in the World is the autobiographical account of a disastrous Antarctic expedition by one of its survivors. Cherry-Garrard's account of the expedition is held in high regard, because of his frank, unflinching discussion of the horrors and trials he survived for such perhaps arbitrary goals. more...
Passages et mers arctiques
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2010; US$ 36.00La fonte accélérée de la banquise dans lArctique laisse entrevoir la possibilité de maintenir des passages maritimes libres de glace sur des périodes de plusieurs mois, ce qui permettrait lexploitation des ressourcesnaturelles de ce territoire. Louvrage se penche sur les enjeux et les rivalités associés... more...
Antarctica
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 495.00This second edition of the 1990 Library Journal "Best Reference" book, four years in the compiling and writing, is an exhaustive A-Z direct-entry encyclopedia of Antarctica. It doubles the first edition's entries to 30,000, covering geographical features, historical events, explorers, expeditions, airplanes, ships, scientists, scientific... more...
Vermessung der Oikumene
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 182.00This collection presents major portions of a Berlin conference on ancient geography. The volume is devoted to questions about the shape and size of the Greco-Roman Oecumene, including its boundaries and internal structure. Building upon on analysis of different literary genres, the articles contained in this volume help to unite dispersed and fragmentary... more...
Icebound in Antarctica
Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 11.81Dr David Lewis tells of his latest expedition in which he sailed to Antarctica in the winter to be intentionally icebound. Much more than a sailor's tale of a voyage of exploration, it is a revelation of the human spirit under duress. more...
Europa in der Geographie des Ptolemaios
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 43.48Hauptbeschreibung Die "Geographie" des Klaudios Ptolemaios ist eines der bedeutendsten Werke der antiken Wissenschaft. Sie enthält einen Katalog mit über 6300 Ortsangaben zu Städten, Siedlungen, Bergen, Gewässern und Inseln. Allerdings entziehen sich diese Verortungen aufgrund ihrer Fehlerhaftigkeit einer direkten Verwendung. Durch interdisziplinäre... more...
Antarctica
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 24.99Since the first British, American, and Russian ships sighted the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history: the exploration, scientific investigation, and geopolitics of the continent,... more...
Leopard on a Razor Wire
Ecademy Press Ltd 2011; US$ 14.99This is the story of an adventurer, Michael Callender, who is of Scots/Irish descent and who lived for 40 years in the Rebooklic of South Africa. His title is an apt description of an extraordinary land that is made up of a brilliant scenery, charismatic peoples, and an inheritance of savagery. The leopard is a creation of beauty, razor wire a symbol... more...
The Silence Calling
Allen & Unwin 1999; US$ 64.88The Silence Calling is a fascinating and often moving account of the work and life of Australians in Antarctica. It traces the development of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) from the first day the Australian flag was raised on Australia's remote Southern Ocean outpost of Heard Island on Boxing Bay 1947 up to the... more...
Strabo's Cultural Geography
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00Strabo of Amasia's Geography observes the world of the Augustan period. This volume explores a wide range of questions addressed in the Geography and offers different approaches for their study. Written by an international team of scholars, it is essential reading for students of ancient history and ancient geography. more...









