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Beyond the Arctic Circle

By: AMOR, Norman

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Vancouver, University of British Columbia Library: 1992

Seller ID: 044842

ISBN: 0-88865-196-1

Binding: Printed Card Wraps

Condition: Fine

Materials on Arctic Explorations and Travels since 1750 in the Special Collections and University Archives Division of the University of British Columbia Library. Occasional Publication No. 1, University of British Columbia Library. Edition of 500 copies. Mint copy, as issued.
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Proceedings of the Arctic Basin Symposium October 1962

By: ARCTIC INSTITUTE

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Arctic Institute of North America: 1963

Seller ID: 33480

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Essays from the Symposium held at Hershey, PA, under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of North America, Oct. 1962. 313pp, photo illustrated, maps, figures etc., large folding map at back. Bright, clea interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Ink name to top margin of front wrappers. Some sun-fading to spine. Weight, 520g.
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance

By: ARMSTRONG, Jennifer

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 2000

Seller ID: 1663

ISBN: 0375810498

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Vg+

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. Winner of Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Nonfiction) 1999. [10pp], 134pp, profusely illustrated. Bright, clean interior. Small owner's stamp to top margin of the title page otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. White wrappers show some minor age-wear. Eligible for inexpens...
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Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s

By: BAUGHMAN, T. H.

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Univ of Nebraska Press: 1999

Seller ID: 24334

ISBN: 0803261632

Condition: As New

History of early Antarctic exploration in the 19th century. 160pp. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 260g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW...
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A Londoner in Rupert's land: Thomas Bunn of the Hudson's Bay Company

By: BAYLEY, Denis

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Chichester, UK, Moore & Tillyer: 1969

Seller ID: 045797

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Biography of Thomas Bunn [1765-1853], based on Hudson's Bay Company archives and family records. 100 p., 14 plates (1 folded). ill., facsims., geneal. table, ports. 26 cm. Map on lining papers. OCLC Number: 83353. Book is very bright and clea, still fresh. Binding is tight and square, blue cloth is without wear. Dustjacket shows minoir edge wear, but, for its age is bright and clean. Weight, 436g.
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Frozen in Time: Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition

By: BEATTIE, Owen and GEIGER, John

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books: 1988

Seller ID: 040733

ISBN: 088833253X

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Story of how the investigation of the corpses of three Victorian seaman by forensic anthropologist Dr. Owen Beattie led to the unraveling of the fate of the famous Franklin Expedition of 1845-48. 180pp, color photo illustrated. Book is bright, clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. About 'as new'. Weight, 480g.
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The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole 1818-1909 (First Edtiion)

By: BERTON, Pierre

Price: $14.95

Publisher: U.S.A., McClelland & Stewart: 1988

Seller ID: 33686

ISBN: 0771012667

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Pierre Berton has written a revisionist history of the search for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, which covers the entire period from the expedition of William Edward Parry to that of Robert Peary in a single volume. 672 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. An `as new`` copy - bright, fresh and unmarked with a tight, square binding and in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Heavy for shipping weighing 1.362kg. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well p...
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Southampton Island

By: BIRD, J. Brian

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada Department of Mines: 1953

Seller ID: 12110

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Good VG

Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Geographical Branch, Memoir 1. Survey of Southampton Island in Canada's Northwest Territories in the North of Hudson's Bay. 84pp, maps and illustrations. Folding map in pocket at back. Clean copy with a sound binding. Minor, light creases to front cover near spine.
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Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada: A High Arctic Ecosystem

By: BLISS, L. C. -Editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Edmonton, University of Alberta Press: 1977

Seller ID: 18952

ISBN: 0888640145

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Book summarizes the research [33 studies] conducted within the Canadian component of the International Biological Programme. Area studied covers 16 square miles on the NE coast of Devon Island. xxi, 714pp, illustrated, diagrams, tables, folding plates in pocket at back. Bright copy with a sound binding. Felt pen mark covers old signature on ffep. Dustjacket has minor edge wear & very minor soiling. Weight, 1.37kg.
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A Gentleman Adventurer: The Arctic Diaries of R.H.G. Bonnycastle

By: BONNYCASTLE, Richard H. G.

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Canada, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1984

Seller ID: 25472

ISBN: 0886190746

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Account of the author's experience in Northern Canada as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company between 1928 and 1931. Edited and compiled by Heather Robertson. 217, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked, quite fresh. Binding is tight nd square and there is no wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is similar. Weight, 795g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage...
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The voyage of the "Scotia" : being the record of a voyage of exploration in Antarctic Seas

By: BOWN, R. N. Rudnose; PIRIE, J. H. H.; MOSSMAN, R. C.

Price: $69.50

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1978

Seller ID: 045867

ISBN: 0771016956

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

An account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-4, by its botanist, meteorologist and geologist. A Facsimile reprint of the original 1906 edition. xii, 375pp, photo illustrated, folding map at rear. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, about 'as new'. Unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean with only minor wear to some edges. Scan available. Weight, 804g.
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A Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-54 (Heritage)

By: BRAY, Emile-Frederic De

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division: 1992

Seller ID: 30542

ISBN: 0802028136

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Text of the journal kept by Emile de Bray, a French naval officer who participated in the 1852 search for the Franklin Expedition in the eastern Arctic, on board the 'Resolute'in the Arctic Squadron under Sir Edward Belcher. Previously unpublished. Translated and edited by William Barr. xxii, 339pp : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Sound hinges. Unpacked weight, 709g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian dome...
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The Arctic World

By: BRUEMMER, Fred and TAYLOR, Dr. William E.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Toronto, Key-Porter Books: 1985

Seller ID: 07182

ISBN: 1-5513-105-2

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Survey of the Life, People, Environment of the Arctic. Co-published with the Sierra Club. 256pp, profusely photo illustrated.
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Arctic Journey: Paintings, Sketches, and Reminiscences of a Vanishing World

By: BUERSCHAPER, Peter

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Toronto, Pagurian Press: 1977

Seller ID: 07725

ISBN: 0-88932-059-4

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Story of an artists first encounter with the North - a daily diary, 20 color paintings and numerous sketches.126pp, illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean copy. DJ has minor top edge wear.
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Greenland

By: BURE, Kristjan, editor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Denmark, Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Denmark, ND (1955):

Seller ID: 34799

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Undated, but, the 2nd edition of the 1952 original. Revised and enlarged. Beautiful Cover Art. Wrappers, 5.75"x8.5", 169pp, photo illustrated. English Text. Very minor edge wear, VG+. Weight, 288g.
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Henry Hudson: New World Voyager (Quest Biography)

By: BUTTS, Edward

Price: $8.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Dundurn Group: 2009

Seller ID: 052132

ISBN: 1554884551

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Fine

In 1607 Henry Hudson was an obscure English sea captain. By 1610 he was an internationally renowned explorer. He made two voyages in search of a Northeast Passage to the Orient and had discovered the Spitzbergen Islands and their valuable whaling grounds. In the process, Hudson had sailed farther north than any other European before him. 207 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, uncreased spine. Bright, glossy wrappers. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual...
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Caribou and the Barren-Lands

By: CALEF, George W.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Ottawa, Canadian Arctic Resources / Firefly: 1981

Seller ID: 040881

ISBN: 0919996205

Binding: Good Plus

Condition: About Fine

Photographic account of the great herds of Barren-ground Caribou and their yearly migrations through northern Canada and Alaska. 176pp, profusely illustrated with colour photographs, maps. Interior of the book is bright and clean. Unmarked except for a gift inscription to the ffep. Tight, square binding, no wearto the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean but with some light edge wear, a little surface rubbing and a2.5" closed tear [using acid-free tape] to the top, front edgr.
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Arctic Recipes

By: CANADA, Government of

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Northern Affairs and Nationl Resources:

Seller ID: 2063

Condition: Near Fine

Eight Recipes from Canada's Arctic on a small leaflet published by the Department of Northern Affairs and Resources. Undated, but 1953-1966 [dates of the term of the Department], Recipes include Seal CasseroleFricasse of Arctic Hare, Bearburgers, etc. Leaflet unfolds to 33cm by 20.5cm, printed on both sides, b&w illustrations. Weight, 5g. Lettermail applies.
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Icebound Summer

By: CARRIGHAR, Sally

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1954

Seller ID: 07342

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

Summer on the Northwest Coast of Alaska with a practised naturalist. 262pp, illuistrated. Good copy of the book, clean and tight, with a worn dustjacket, complete but with a 3" closed tear on back.NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can ...
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The Loneliest Continent: The Story of Antarctic Discovery

By: CHAPMAN, Walker

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society: 1964

Seller ID: 036453

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

History of the Exploration of Antarctica. 279pp, photo illustrated, maps. Book is tight, clean and unmarked. No wear to cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket has small taped tears and general, light wear. Weight, 516g.
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Category: Polar Regions