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Circling the Midnight Sun: culture and change in the Invisible Arctic

by Raffan, James

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1st ptg
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(2015)
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Canada: HarperCollins. VG PB slight edge wear & remainder mark. (2015). 1st ptg. With the spirit of an adventurer, intellect of a geographer, curiosity of a journalisst, and the heart of a humorist. author . Raffan writes about the contradictory patterns, ethical conundrums and rapid change that is the modern Arctic. Slight edge wear. .
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The Long Exile

by McGrath, Melanie

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Published
2007
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NY: Knopf. G in G DJ ex-library. 2007. In 1952 the Canadian government forcibly relocated three dozen Inuit from the east coast of Hudson Bay to a region of the . High Arctic that was 1,200 miles farther north. The Inuit were taken to Ellesmere Island, an arid and desolate landscape of shale and ice virtually devoid of life.… Read more about this item
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Abandoned: the story of The Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884

by Todd, A. L., introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Edition
1st ed
Published
(1961)
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NY: McGraw-Hill. VG signed by author. (1961). 1st ed.
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Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole

by Byrd, Richard Evelyn

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Edition
5th imp
Published
1930
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NY: Putnam. VG. 1930. 5th imp. Byrd has stood on both poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map of Bay of . Whales. .
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Handbook of Polar Discoveries

by Greeley, A. W. General, U.S. Army

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Edition
5th ed enlargd
Published
1910
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Boston: Little Brown. VG. 1910. 5th ed enlargd. Gray pictorial binding showing men climbing icy blue path with ship in the background. Binding rubbed and slightly tanned. . Owner name ft endpaper, fold-out map carefully repaired. .
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Tuning the Rig: a journey to the Arctic

by Oxenhorn, Harvey

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Edition
BCE
Published
(1990)
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NY: Harper Row. VG in VG DJ. (1990). BCE. Expedition in search of humpback whales in far north becomes a voyage of discovery for an apprentice seaman on a tall ship. .
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Spring on an Arctic Island

by Scherman, Katharine

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(1956)
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Boston: Little Brown. VG in VG DJ. (1956). Scherman went with a scientific expedition of 8 Americans to Bylot Island, 450 miles north of the Arctic Circle. At first . the country seemed deserted but then she began noticing the wildlife all around. DJ edge wear & price clipped. .
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The Netsilik Eskimo

by Balikci, Asen, foreword by Margaret Mead

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Published
(1970)
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NY: Natural History Press. VG PB. (1970). The Netsilik Eskimo, People of the Seal, lived close to the Arctic Circle in one of the harshest environments known to man. . Here in an ethnographic reconstruction based on historical sources & his own fieldwork. Owner name ft endpaper. .
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Nunaga: ten years of Eskimo life

by Pryde, Duncan

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(1971)
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NY: Walker. VG in G DJ. (1971). Pryde tells of his discovery of a remote & primitive way of life to which he easily adapted. The Eskimos' birth, death & . marriage rites, extraordinarily tolerant sexual customs, their age-old & effective hunting skills & uncertain future in a fast-changing North. DJ price clipped, cover blistered. .
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And to the Eskimos

by Ledyard, Gleason H.

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Edition
1st ptg
Published
(1956)
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Chicago: Moody. VG in VG DJ. (1956). 1st ptg. Work of the Eskimo Gospel Crusade began in 1946 to serve the race of people who inhabit the Arctic coast & live by hunting & . fishing. DJ & endpapers tanned on edges, DJ edge wear. .
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Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole

by Byrd, Richard E.

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Edition
1st ed
Published
1930
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NY: Putnam. VG. 1930. 1st ed. Byrd has stood on both Poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. .
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Adventures in the Arctic (originally published under the title "Pechuck")

by Montgomery, Richard G.

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Published
(1932)
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Fair. (1932). Blue binding, silver lettering. Interior very good. Damp stain on spine edges causing discoloration, endpapers tanned near . hinges, star & date on ft endpaper. .
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Spring on an Arctic Island

by Scherman, Katharine

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Edition
BCE
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(1956)
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Boston: Little Brown. VG. (1956). BCE. Scherman went with a scientific expedition of 8 Americans to Bylot Island, 450 miles north of the Arctic Circle. At first . the country seemed deserted but then she began noticing the wildlife all around. DJ edge wear & price clipped. .
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Arctic Wild

by Crisler, Lois, foreword by A. Starker Leopold

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(1958)
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NY: Harper. VG in VG DJ. (1958). Photographing wolves & caribou in the remote mountains of Alaska, the Crislers discover personal adventure. DJ chipped. .
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Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette"

by Ellsberg, Commander Edward

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Edition
1st ed
Published
1938
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NY: Dodd, Mead. VG. 1938. 1st ed. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Navy blue binding, gilt pictorial of ship, blue . decoration. .
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The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery

by Chapman, Walker

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Edition
1st ed ss
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(1964)
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Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society. VG in VG DJ. (1964). 1st ed ss. Owner's name on endpaper and title page. .
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Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette"

by Ellsberg, Commander Edward

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1938
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NY: Dodd, Mead. G ex-library. 1938. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Library markings, ft DJ flap laid in, edge wear. .
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The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery

by Chapman, Walker

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1st ed ss
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(1964)
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Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society. VG. (1964). 1st ed ss. White mark on cover and mark of sticker removed. .
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Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic exploration

by McKinlay, William Laird, foreword by Magnus Magnusson

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Edition
BCE
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(1977)
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NY: St. Martins. G in Fair DJ ex-library. (1977). BCE. The leading ship of Stefansson's Arctic Expedition of 1913-18 which was crushed & sunk in ice almost before it began. . A crew of 25 ws left stranded on the Arctic ice while their leader continued his northern exploration, not returning for 5 years. Libary markings. .
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Adrift on an Ice-Pan

by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason

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Edition
30th imp
Published
(1935)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. VG in VG DJ. (1935). 30th imp. Inscribed "With best wishes Wilfred T. Grenfell" fep. Eps have some browning. DJ chipped and some discoloration. .
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