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  • The Silence Callingby Tim Bowden

    Allen & Unwin 1999; US$ 51.90

    The 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 present day. more...

  • Antarcticaby Paul Simpson-Housley

    Routledge 1992; US$ 210.00

    This traces images of the continent throughout time and analyses the differing perceptions of beauty and terror experienced by explorers.Cast from the sea and the land, powerful new images are evoked from the stories refashioned at home more...

  • Strabo of Amasiaby Daniela Dueck

    Routledge 2000; US$ 138.00

    Offers a new interpretation of the man and his life and emphasises the place and importance of Strabo's Geography and of geography itself within these intellectual circles. more...

  • Strabo's Cultural Geographyby Daniela Dueck; Hugh Lindsay; Sarah Pothecary

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00

    Strabo 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...

  • Science into Policyby Paul Arthur Berkman

    Elsevier 2001; US$ 76.95

    Science into Policy: Global Lessons from Antarctica reveals a unique model for integrating Earth system science with environmental and resource policies to balance economic, governmental, and societal interests. Since the International Geophysical Year in 1957-1958, scientific investigation has fostered international cooperation and the rational use of Antarctica for peaceful purposes only . Beyond merely presenting information, this book integrates content and concepts in a manner that will appeal to individuals with interests in the natural and the social sciences. Integrated chapters convey the natural and the human dimensions of Antarctica. Time and space concepts are introduced from diverse perspectives to facilitate insights into... more...

  • Encyclopedia of the Antarcticby Beau Riffenburgh

    Routledge 2006; US$ 425.00

    The Antarctic is unique, geographically, politically, and scientifically. Antarctica is the only major part of the Earth's landmass not directly governed by one nation, but under the control of a Treaty. This work offers information on a variety of factors, issues, and individuals influencing and relating to the Antarctic. more...

  • Antarctic Peninsula & Tierra del Fuego - 100 years of Swedish-Argentine scientific cooperation at the end of the worldby Jorge Rabassa; Maria Laura Borla

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 119.95

    This book includes a selection of the most significant contributions presented at the international symposium held in Argentina in March 2003. The meeting commemorated the Nordenskjöld’s expedition, Swedish-Argentine early scientific fieldwor more...

  • Mountains of Madnessby John Long

    Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 18.14

    A riveting account of a modern scientific expedition to the Antarctic. more...

  • Just Tell Them I Survivedby Dr Robin Burns

    Allen & Unwin 2001; US$ 18.14

    This collection of interviews celebrates women's participation in national and private expeditions to Antarctica. Based on 130 interviews the book ranges across the first women scientists to visit Macquarie Island in 1959, to contemporary 'winterers'. Given the extent to which men have traditionally marked out the territory, physically, socially and psychologically, how do women experience an Antarctic stay, what attracts them to remote places, and how do they depict the stunning beauty of Antarctica itself. Who are they, how do they speak of their work and their experiences, and what are the effects on their lives of working in Antarctica?. Robin Burns has not only talked to women from many different backgrounds in order to answer... more...

  • Southby Ernest Shackleton; Fergus Fleming

    Penguin Group Inc. 2004; US$ 11.99

    Veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure. As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival. And as the story of their journey across treacherous seas and a wilderness of glaciers and snow fields unfolds,... more...