Polar Exploration celebrates the heroic exploits of the world’s greatest polar explorers. Produced by the Royal Geographical Society & compiled by polar historian Beau Riffenburgh, in this box cased volume you will find facsimile copies of historically important polar documents. The book takes you on a tour of ‘heroic age’ of polar exploration, featuring the key expeditions to the Arctic & Antarctic from John Ross’s 1818 investigation to the polar aviation of the 1920’s & 30’s. Expeditions are show cased chronologically & include those led by both better & lesser known polar explorers. Facsimiles provided include a menu from the Nares` expedition, a plan of the Fram, an extract from Scott’s diary describing the death of Captain Oates & a pre-expedition letter on future party members by Shackleton. ...

Polar Exploration: A Practical Handbook for North & South Pole Expeditions from Cicerone Press provides advice from the veteran polar Dixie Dansercoer about the mental & physical preparation & detailed planning required for different styles of polar exploration in the Arctic or the Antarctic. Sections cover topics such as motivation, understanding the cold, preparations & what to take, camp organization, problems & dangers, etc. The guide, illustrated with numerous photos, is full of indispensible information for making dreams of a successful polar adventure come true. ...

Ice will melt. Ice will dilute your drink. & worse than that – you have to make sure your ice cube trays are always full, & you will almost certainly forget to do that at some point. With Polar, none of that matters. You just pop your cleverly designed mini icebergs into the freezer for 3-4 hours, & when you need to keep your cola, cocktail, or iced coffee cool, you simply add the drinking stones. With a premium silver metallic finish, & packaged beautifully, they’re the perfect gift for any whisky aficionado, cocktail connoisseur, or anyone else trying to keep their beverages cool (including you, if you just feel like treating yourself…).-

Material: Food grade stainless steel, non-toxic gel- Comes in attractive gift box- Food/drink grade safe- 3 x stones in each pack

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Paul Nicklen`s bold expeditions take him underwater to deliver close-up, first-ever documentation of the lives of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals, & narwhals. & he travels over the ice to look at muskoxen, grizzly bears, caribou, foxes, wolves, & much more. Scenes are bathed in polar light, surreal & breathtakingly beautiful. National Geographic is providing unprecedented support to Nicklen both because of his remarkable photographic achievement & because of his contribution to studies on animal behavior & global climate change so consequential today. Nicklin is an emerging star. His inspiring & amazing work offers unprecedented insights into animal behavior & breaks new ground in photography. ...

Maps from British Antarctic Survey’s catalogue which are likely to appeal to a wider audience, including the growing number of visitors to the Antarctic or South Georgia, collectors seeking examples of beautifully presented topographic mapping, etc.PLEASE NOTE: a separate series on our website presents BAS titles which are of interest mainly to scientific experts or academic staff: larger scale topographic or geological/earth sciences maps of sections of the Antarctic & maps accompanied by detailed booklets/monographs. ...

Polar explorers were the superstars of the ”heroic age” of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian & 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 & give birth in the High Arctic; talented & determined Emily Shackleton; Norwegian singer Eva Nansen; & her own mother, adventurer Marie Herbert, Karie Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing, betrayal, & hope with stories of peril & adventure.
Herbert illuminates the essential role the women played in supporting, publicizing, defending, & 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, & the plague--riddled ancient cities of the Holy L&.
With extracts from previously unpublished historic journals & letters, ” Polar Wives” brings together for the first time, the compelling stories of seven adventurous women


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The Arctic & Antarctic are two of the greatest deserts on earth, the least known & most vital to our survival, but polar opposites in more than geography. The High Arctic is a sea surrounded by l&, Antarctica a mountainous continent surrounded by ocean. The Arctic sustains a large indigenous population; nobody but scientists with long supply lines can survive in Antarctica. Politically, the Arctic rim is controlled by the nations that surround it; Antarctica is neutral demilitarized territory supervised by an international treaty. Between them, the polar regions act as the world's refrigerator, helping to drive the world's weather systems. Both contain clues to the origins & potential fate of the planet, & each contains riches for the meteorologist & geologist, the biologist & paleontologist
- while offering temptations to the military strategist & the minor speculator who have already been at work in the north. Writer & broadcaster Daniel Snowman has made a number of journeys to both polar regions. His visits around the circumpolar North have included journeys in the high Arctic by dog-sled, skidoo & dinghy as well as trips through the heart of the heavily militarized north Russia coastline & to the oil-rich North Slope of Alaska. He has also made voyages down to both East & West Antarctica & met those at the forefront of the debate about such issues as ozone depletion & global warming. His book aims to combine science with social, economic & political analysis. It is tries to reveal something of the excitement of life at the ends of the earth
- with concern for the issues that humanity may have to address.

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Michael Palin travels Pole to Pole
- from the North Pole as due south as geographically & politically possible to the South Pole:
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Everybody knows that penguins belong at the South Pole & polar bears live at the North Pole
- but what would happen if, one day,
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Polhograjsko Hribovje area at 1:25, 000 in a series of contoured, GPS compatible recreational maps from Planinska zveza Slovenie
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