Author: Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.
Title: Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 203, October 2001).
Description: Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. Pages 289-384 plus ads. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, maps & tables. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Harpoon guns, the lost Greenland settlement, and penal colonies: George Manby's Arctic obsessions; Contributions of traditional knowledge to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic; The Northern Sea Route: 1999-2000; and Wilderness and aesthetic values in the Antarctic. Very good .

Keywords: TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; HARPOON GUNS; PENAL COLONIES; GEORGE MANBY; CLIMATE CHANGE IN CANADIAN ARCTIC

See more books from our catalog: Travel & History