Author: Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor.
Title: Polar Record: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 201, April 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 lightly bumped & the edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. The upper half of the rear wrap is lightly rippled. Pages 97-192. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, diagrams, maps & tables. The top page corners & the bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are Norwegian use of the polar oceans as occupational arenas and exploration routes; Ice-shelf collapse, climate change and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic; and The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island. 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; ICE-SHELF COLLAPSE;CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; L. R.

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