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Antarctica
Antarctic Explorer
This map is packed with information about the little known continent. On one side is a map of the whole Antarctic continent indicating scientific stations, historic huts and five explorers' routes.
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The Worst Journey in the World
An account of Scott's doomed South Pole expedition, this is a masterpiece of travel writing, the most celebrated and compelling of all books on Antarctic exploration, ever since it’s initial publication in 1922.
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Antarctic Continent Exploration Map
| Publisher: | Zagier y Urruty |
| Catalogue number: | 129588 |
| Scale: | 1:6,800,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A map of Antarctica which charts routes of penetration, discovery ships and human presence. Cartography shows peak heights, ice thickness and some relief shading. Aside the main map are maps showing...
| Publisher: | Ocean Explorer Publications |
| Catalogue number: | 116016 |
| Scale: | approximately 1:12,500,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This map is packed with information about the little known continent. On one side is a map of the whole Antarctic continent indicating scientific stations, historic huts and five routes taken by explorers...
| Publisher: | Zagier y Urruty |
| Catalogue number: | 102632 |
| Scale: | 1:1,500,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Clearly drawn map of the region with enlarged maps of some of the islands off the northern coast. The main map at 1:1,500,000 distinguishes the ice shelf and land mass, and indicates glacial zones. Many...
| Publisher: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Catalogue number: | 111598 |
| Scale: | 1:10,000,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A pocket-sized 21x30cm map of the Antarctic Peninsula, within a plastic wallet.
It shows hill-shaded relief, ice-shelves, rock outcrops and bases and historic sites. This British Antarctic Survey minimap...
| Sheet reference: | BAS Misc 12A & 12B |
| Publisher: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Catalogue number: | 130104 |
| Scale: | 1:200,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
One on side is a coloured topographic map compiled from earlier DOS 610 series mapping and more recent Landsat and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data. Relief is represented by contours and spot...
| Publisher: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Catalogue number: | 111596 |
| Scale: | 1:25,000,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Pocket-sized overview map of Antarctica, within a plastic wallet.
The cartography shows hill-shaded relief of the continent, names of major features, bathymetry, formlines, ice shelves, and scientific...
Lonely Planet Countries and Regions Guides
| Relevant titles: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet |
Market-leading comprehensive guides, predominantly practical in content and aimed at independent travellers. Frank and informal in style, with a layout that makes for exceptional ease of use, these...
| Author: | Thijs Heslenfeld |
| Publisher: | Oost West Thijs Best |
| Catalogue number: | 165672 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Thijs Heslenfeld’s “Cold - Sailing to Antarctica” is a truly unique book here at Stanfords, a personal journey recorded in both photography and print that will captivate and inspire.
Antarctica is ‘hot...
| Author: | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 128314 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A fascinating account of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes's 19th Century exploration of vast tracts of the Pacific Ocean, including the new southern continent of Antarctica.
During the voyage they surveyed...
South: The Endurance Expedition
| Author: | Ernest Shackleton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 85327 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 12 days |
In 1914 veteran explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to become the first to traverse the entire Antarctic continent. However, their ship, the Endurance, became stuck in the ice field and was slowly crushed...
| Author: | Susan Solomon |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Catalogue number: | 114013 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This book on Scott's fatal expedition to reach the South Pole that spreads new light on the Captain and his crew. Solomon draws on her scientific preparation and deep knowledge of the Antarctic Continent...
| Author: | Elizabeth Kolbert |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Catalogue number: | 158572 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“The Ends Of The Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing On The Arctic and the Antarctic” features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works...
| Author: | Kelly Tyler-Lewis |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 158672 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent from coast to coast. On the eve of the First World War, Shackleton sailed south into...
The Polar World - The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert
| Author: | Wally Herbert |
| Publisher: | Polarworld |
| Catalogue number: | 161794 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“The Polar World” captures the spirit of the Arctic and Antarctic as never seen before - through the eyes of Sir Wally Herbert, a man who is the bridge between the heroic age of exploration and modern...
| Publisher: | Mercat Press |
| Catalogue number: | 119428 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
This book unveils a lesser known part of the history of exploration of the Antarctic continent. Three members of the Scottish expedition led by William Speirs Bruce in 1902, RN Rudmose Brown, JH Pirie...
The Worst Journey in the World
| Author: | Apsley Cherry-Garrard |
| Publisher: | Pimlico |
| Catalogue number: | 118707 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A masterpiece of travel writing, “The Worst Journey in the World” is the most celebrated and compelling of all books on Antarctic exploration, ever since it’s initial publication in 1922.
In his introduction...
Mountains from Space: Peaks and Ranges of the Seven Continents
| Publisher: | Harry N Abrams |
| Catalogue number: | 136164 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 3 weeks |
The mountains have always been very special regions - the scenes of myths and the seats of the gods, spaces to retreat to and strategic bulwarks, but also places of natural and cultural diversity and...
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 137420 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 weeks |
A magnificent celebration of 175 years of the Royal Geographical Society, from the early expeditions of Livingstone and Stanley in Africa, Younghusband in Tibet and Freya Stark in the Middle East, to...
Wide Angle - National Geographic Greatest Places
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 136466 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This marvellous collection of 260 photographs (many of which were never published before) offers a unique view of scenes from every region of the world.
Some are alive with bright colours and sparkling...
Antarctic Penninsula and Weddell Sea / Graham Land and South Shetland Islands
| Sheet reference: | BAS13A |
| Publisher: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Catalogue number: | 142117 |
| Scale: | Various |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Double-sided topographic map covering on one side the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea, and on the other Graham Land and South Shetland Islands. The cartography is taken from Landsat Satellite images...
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