Arctic Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America

Montreal, PQ, Arctic Institute, Dec-59. Paperback. pp. 195-256.Large 8vo,,Larger format pb - covers sl rubbed and soiled, else vg-, Vol. 12, No. 4. News, reviews, papers, and commentary about the Arctic and Antarctic. We also have Vol 16, No 2 & Vol 15, No 2. Ill.: Maps, graphs, tables.

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Book number: 9900027153

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Eskimo;Inuit;Atlantic;Linguistics;Indians;Anthropology;Geomorphology;Labrador;Botany Maps, graphs, tables

Our Daily Bread; Seals: The Lifeblood of Inuit Subsistence Livelihood

Yellowknife, NWT, Department of Renewable Resources, Field Services Division, 1986. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Slim 8vo. Colour illustrations and photographs. Pamphlet shows some minor rippling (possible water damage); good. .

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Book number: 074512

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Adams, Cyrus C. [McClure ; Nansen]

Mcclure's Magazine December 1896, Incl. 'the Farthest North: An Account of Dr. Nansen's Adventures and Achievements'

New York NY, S. S. McClure Co, 1896. Wraps.8vo,Covers missing, contents complete and unmarked, some tattering, Vol. VIII, No. 2. Nansen article runs pgs 99 - 109 and includes photos, illustrations, and a map. Ill.: B&w illustrations.

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Book number: 9900045197

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Keywords: Dr Fritjof Nansen;Arctic;Exploration;Magazine;Articles;Antiquarian;Rare;; B&w illustrations

ALFORD, Monty

L'Ile Ross de L'Antartique / Ross Island of the Antarctic - Springboard to the South Pole

,A translation into French of an article which originally appeared in the Spring, 1979, edition of the magazine 'North/Nord'. The translation is typed (double-spaced) on 8 1/2 x 11' paper. Our copy appears to be a photocopy of the original. Twelve pages in all; no illustrations. This copy unmarked, and in very good condition. Alford is the author of 'The Wilderness Survival Guide' and 'The Raven and the Mountaineer'. .

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Book number: 9900036222

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Antarctic;South Pole;;;;;;;

Allard, Michel; Mickael Lemay

Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From Science to Policy; an Integrated Regional Impact Study (Iris) of Climate Change and Modernization

Quebec City, ArcticNet, 2012. Hardcover. pp. 301. 4to. Colour photographs and maps. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 094934

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Arms, Myron

Riddle of the Ice; a Scientific Adventure Into the Arctic

New York, Anchor, 1998. Hardcover. pp. xvii, 267. 8vo. Photographs and maps. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 097938

Catalogue: Polar

Balog, James

Extreme Ice Now; Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report

Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 2009. Hardcover. pp. 118. Oblong 8vo. Bound in white cloth. Light shelfwear; very good+ in slightly scuffed pictorial slipcase. .

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Book number: 088380

Catalogue: Polar

Barr, William

The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year 1882-83

Calgary, The Arctic Institute of North America, 2008. Paperback. pp. xiv, 417. 8vo. Black and white maps, photographs, and illustrations. Light shelfwear, minor bump to bottom page edge; very good+. .

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Book number: 098308

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Berger, Joel

Extreme Conservation; Life at the Edges of the World

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2018. Hardcover. pp. 376. 8vo. Light shelfwear, dustjacket with some nicking to edges; very good+ in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 096535

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Bernier, J. E.

Report on the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the D.G. S. "Arctic"; 1908-1909

Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1910. Hardcover. pp. 529. 8vo. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains fold out map, b&w photos. Edgewear, shaken, dark spot to spine. .

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Book number: 091327

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Canadian History; Colonialism; western expansion; Arctic

BURTON, Robin

Pour Briser la Glace de L'Arctique / Breaking the Arctic Ice

,A translation into French of an article which originally appeared in the March/April, 1977, edition of the magazine 'North/Nord'. The translation is typed (double-spaced) on 8 1/2 x 11' paper. Our copy appears to be a photocopy of the original. Sixteen pages in all. Except for some staple holes in the corner, this copy in very good, unmarked, condition. .

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Book number: 9900036221

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Keywords: Arctic;;;;;;;;

Byers, Michael

Who Owns the Arctic?; Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North

Vancouver, Douglas & Mcintyre, 2010. Paperback. pp. 179. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine. .

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Book number: 091666

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Cavell, Janice; Jeff Noakes

Acts of Occupation; Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25

Vancouver, UBC Press, 2010. Paperback. pp. ix, 333. 8vo. Black and white maps and photographs. 'Review Copy' sticker to half-title page, otherwise near fine. .

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Book number: 098312

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Keywords: Canadian History;

M'Clintock, , Captain [Sir Francis Leopold]

A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

Boston, MA, Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Hardcover. pp. xxiv, 375. 8vo. Bound in brown cloth, binding quite broken. Three folding maps. Complete, internally unmarked. The author's edition. The diaries of the Captain of the 'Fox', who was commissioned by Lady Franklin to search for evidence of the fate of her unfortunate husband. She offered M'Clintock command of the expedition after government-funded searches turned up only rumours and a few relics of the ships 'Erebus' and 'Terror'. The expedition of the 'Fox' was funded entirely by Lady Franklin and her friends, and it is for this reason that M'Clintock dedicated the publication of his diaries of the expedition to Lady Franklin. Ill.: maps, black-&-white plates.

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Book number: 090986

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Explorer;Northern Canada;Arctic;North-west passage;Exploration;;;; maps, black-&-white plates

[The Arctic Trading Co.]

The Arctic Trading Co. ; Exclusively Yours / the Most Unique and Authentic Native Canadian Arts & Crafts

Churchill, Manitoba, Kelsey & Bernier Sts, 1978. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Light shelfwear, page edges curled; very good. Arctic Trading Co. Registered trader certificate for Jim Brennan 1988 and arctic trading retail price list for native arts and crafts laid in loose. .

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Book number: 082606

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Canadian History; Indigenous Studies;