The only guide to the fascinating frontier surrounding the North Pole. This book is full of practical advice for the intrepid explorer and comprehensive background reading for the armchair traveller. It includes a full-colour nature guide, and special chapters written by experts on Arctic exploration, scientific research, and more.
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Arctic (Lonely Planet Greenland & the Artic) (Paperback)
i had already picked up the LP guide to the antarctic and i saw this and just couldn't resist. (and this is a guy who *freezes* when it gets below 60 degrees!)overall, the book seems great, though of course i can't speak from experience. just as an introduction to the arctic it's not bad at all. you get lots of long sections on all sorts of stuff -- the flora and fauna, the history of arctic exploration, the indigenous peoples, past and current arctic research programs, even arctic literature, plus of course all the introductory stuff covering history more generally, geography, climate, "environment and ecology", and national parks. you also get short (usually one-to-four page) insets on a particular subject (alcoholism among the Inuit, Fridtjof Nansen, the Sea Ice, SAD == Seasonal Affective Disorder" [seasonal depression from lack of light], "Arctic Phenomena" == the Northern Lights and other such things). etc. etc. in general i've had good luck with the lonely planet guides -- they give you detailed info about all the basics (getting there, visas, getting around, potential health problems, religion, basic phrases in the most important languages, etc.) and they seem well-organized and to-the-point when it comes to telling you what are the interesting things to see, as well as making it possible for you to make your own choices based on what *you* find interesting. be aware that this is a first edition so it may have some bugs in it that will get ironed out in later editions.
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The Inuit (pronounced INN-ooit) are some called Eskimos ('eaters of raw meat' in the Athapaskan language), however this name is now out of flavour. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dogsledding tours, territorial park, wilderness huts, travel atlas, dogsled trips, bush flight, northern sea route, skiing expeditions, organised tours, trekking routes, mammal hunting, dogsled race, reindeer herding, reindeer herds, grey whale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Pole, Arctic Russia, Arctic Alaska, North America, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada, Dawson City, Arctic Norway, Franz Josef Land, Alaska Hwy, Northwest Passage, Prudhoe Bay, Russian Arctic, British Columbia, New York, North Atlantic, North Slope, Canadian Arctic, Soviet Union, Novaya Zemlya, Yukon River, Disko Bay, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Santa Claus New!
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The Inuit (pronounced INN-ooit) are some called Eskimos ('eaters of raw meat' in the Athapaskan language), however this name is now out of flavour. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dogsledding tours, territorial park, wilderness huts, travel atlas, dogsled trips, bush flight, northern sea route, skiing expeditions, organised tours, trekking routes, mammal hunting, dogsled race, reindeer herding, reindeer herds, grey whale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Pole, Arctic Russia, Arctic Alaska, North America, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada, Dawson City, Arctic Norway, Franz Josef Land, Alaska Hwy, Northwest Passage, Prudhoe Bay, Russian Arctic, British Columbia, New York, North Atlantic, North Slope, Canadian Arctic, Soviet Union, Novaya Zemlya, Yukon River, Disko Bay, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Santa Claus New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 by Captain Roald Amundsen on 4 pages
- The Call of the Wild (Aladdin Classics) by Jack London on page 240, page 244, and page 259
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London on page 240, page 244, and page 259
- White Fang (Puffin Classics) by Jack London on page 240, page 244, and page 259
- The Call Of The Wild by Jack London on page 240, page 244, and page 259
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