Arctic Trading Co. Catalogue

Churchill, Manitoba, Arctic Trading Co, 1985. Limited Ed. Hardcover. pp. 82,4to,Limited edition, #1943 of 10,000 includes 2 regular catalogues. Ill.: Color, b&w photos & illust. Catalogue of merchandise available from this Northern Manitoba store.

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Book number: 9900005144

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Arctic;Manitoba;North;;;;;; Color, b&w photos & illust

Arctic Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America

Montreal, PQ, Arctic Institute, Jun-63. Paperback. pp. 83-148.Large 8vo,,Larger format pb - covers sl rubbed and soiled, else vg-. Ill.: Maps, b&w photos, tables. Vol. 16, No. 2. News, reviews, papers, and commentary about the Arctic and Antarctic. We also have Vol 15, No 2 & Vol 12, No 4.

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Book number: 9900027151

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Antarctic;Archaeology;Anthropology;Eskimo;Inuit;Natural history;Birds;Tundra;Baffin Island Maps, b&w photos, tables

Arctic Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America

Montreal, PQ, Arctic Institute, Jun-62. Paperback. pp. 87-171.Large 8vo,,Larger format pb - covers sl rubbed and soiled, else vg-. Ill.: Maps, b&w photos, tables. Vol. 15, No. 2. News, reviews, papers, and commentary about the Arctic and Antarctic. We also have Vol 16, No 2 & Vol 12, No 4.

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Book number: 9900027152

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Sea-Ice;Geology;Geography;Natural history;Permafrost;Greenland;Anthropology;Permafrost;Military operations Maps, b&w photos, tables

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-. Ill.: Maps, graphs, tables. 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.

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Book number: 9900027153

Catalogue: Polar

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

CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 / Nine Titles

Ottawa, King's Printer, 1919-1924. Stapled Wraps.8vo,,Offprints, with paper covers; some spines scotch-taped,VOLUME III: INSECTS (Part C: Diptera; Part E: Coleoptera; Part G: Hymenoptera and Plant Galls); VOLUME IV: Botany (Part A: Freshwater Algae and Freshwater Diatoms); VOLUME VIII: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, Etc. (Part A: Mollusks, Recent and Pleistoncene; Part A: Supplementary Report); VOLUME IX: Annelids, Parasitic Worms, Protozoans, etc. (Part G-H: Trematoda and Cestoda; Part M: Foraminifera). Sold as a lot, only. Ill.: b&w illust. photos & tables. 6 pamphlets with light shelfwear are in vg condition; 2 with taped covers are good-; and 1 is poor w/ a chipped, torn cover.

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Book number: 9900029549

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Natural science;Biology;Canadian history;Northern regions;Hudson Bay;Baffin island;Biological study;; b&w illust., photos & tables

HUSSEY, DR. L. D. A. / WITH A FOREWORD BY ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTEVANS

South with Shackleton

London, Sampson Low, 1949. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. ix, 182. Small 8vo. Map endpapers. B7w illustrations by Victor J. Bertoglio. Bound in original greenish-gray cloth with black spine lettering. Front board very slightly bowed, cloth shows a few spots of light soiling, two very small abrasions to edges of pages 115 to 118, binding sound, contents unmarked; very good-. Lack jacket. Ill.: Victor J. Bertoglio illusts. Hussey was meteorologist to Shackleton's 1914-1917 Antarctic expedition, and one of the 22 men who remained behind on Elephant Island while Shackleton and his five companions sailed in the long boat 'James Caird' to South Georgia to seek help for his stranded crew. Most of this book concerns the 'Endurance' expedition. This account of the Elephant Island 'castaways' is the only firsthand one published besides Frank Hurley's. See Rosove 179.A1, Spence 617, Renard 773. Bookseller's 'ticket' to bottom left corner of inside front board (Foyles).

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Book number: 9900044305

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Antarctic;Robert Falcon Scott;Explorers;Ernest Shackleton;;;;; Victor J. Bertoglio illusts.

ADAMS, LIEUTENANT HARRY

Beyond the Barrier with Byrd an Authentic Story of the Antarctic Exploring Expedition

Chicago and New York, M. A. Donohue & Company, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 253.8vo,Bds. a bit soiled & scuffed, spine sl. sunned; else good plus.. Ill.: Black-and-white photographs. Front hinge splitting before half-title but still intact. Minor foxing on preliminary pages, conts. o/w clean & tight.

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Book number: 9900026433

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Antarctic;South Pole;Explorer;;;;;; Black-and-white photographs

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. Ill.: B&w illustrations. Vol. VIII, No. 2. Nansen article runs pgs 99 - 109 and includes photos, illustrations, and a map.

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Book number: 9900045197

Catalogue: Polar

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

[ALASKA]

Alaska Geographic

Anchorage, Alaska, Alaska Geographic Society, 1976. Hardcover. 168 pp.Oblong 4to,,Vol 3, No 4; sl wear & creasing to covers, good+. Ill.: b&w photos. Quarterly publication. This issue contains 'The Silver Years of the Alaska Canned Salmon Industry'.

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Book number: 9900009640

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Alaska;North;Arctic;Natural History;Natural Resources;Salmon;Industry;; b&w photos

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;;;;;;;

BAIN, J. ARTHUR

Life and Adventures of Nansen, the Great Arctic Explorer

London, Walter Scott Publishing Co. ND (1897). Hardcover. pp. xix, 449,12mo. Bds. sl. bowed. Spine rubbed & sl. creased. Light shelf wear: g+. Ill.: map, b&w illustrations. The Evergreen Library edition, with remains of dust jacket laid-in loose. Front free endpaper torn out. Contents clean.

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Book number: 9900000077

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Exploration;Arctic;Norwegian;Norway;Skiing;North Pole;;; map, b&w illustrations

BAINBRIDGE, BERYL

The Birthday Boys

New York City, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. 189 pp.8vo,,Bds. very sl. bowed; else vg/nf in sl. scuffed & chipped vg dj. Ill.: map. An insightful novel set during Scott's 1912 expedition to the South Pole. Former owner's name on ffep. ISBN 0786700718.

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Book number: 9900019673

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Scott, Robert F.;Antarctic;Polar exploration;;;;;; map

FORTIER, LOUIS, DAVID BARBER AND JOSEE MICHAUD (EDS.)

On Thin Ice a Synthesis of the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (Cases)

Winnipeg, MB, Aboriginal Issues Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vii, 215.Oblong 4to,,Clean, unmarked hard cover in near fine condition. Ill.: maps, colour photos. ISBN 9780973834260.

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Book number: 9900043211

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: The North;Climate change;Ecology;Beaufort Sea;;;;; maps, colour photos

BARBER, NOEL

The White Desert

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. viii, 205,8vo,vg in soiled, chipped, worn & repaired with magic tape, vg dj. Ill.: b&w photos.

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Book number: 9900001534

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Antarctic;;;;;;;; b&w photos

BEATTIE, OWEN; JOHN GEIGER

Frozen in Time Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition

Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xi, 180. Contains black & white and colour photographs and illustrations. Faintest wear to head and tail of spine; very good+ in very good+ dust jacket. .

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Book number: 039166

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: The Franklin Expedition; Arctic; Exploration; Non-Fiction