Search Results for ‘Arctic’ - 83 matches found

Lonely Planet Countries and Regions Guides

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...

Facing the Frozen Ocean

In June 2003, Bear Grylls and his team set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, across the infamous Labrador Sea, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. The team headed for the vast...

Shipwrecked on the Top of the World

In 1743 fourteen Walrus hunters from Russia were stranded on the icepack around Svalbard after a storm destroyed their ship. Marooned with minimal provisions but with their incredible endurance and...

The Ends Of The Earth

“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...

The Meaning of Tingo

Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means "to take off your clothes in order to dance"? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming...

The Polar World - The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert

“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...

The Snow Geese

SHORTLISTED for the 2003 Thomas Cook Travel Award
William Fiennes’ “The Snow Geese” is the profoundly moving account of both a physical and spiritual migration following snow geese in their spring journey...

The World of Polar Bears

This stunning book brings together images of these iconic animals in their arctic habitat from throughout the year. German photographer Rosing followed the bears, the world’s largest terrestrial carnivores...

To The Ends of the Earth

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

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

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...

Antarctic Penninsula and Weddell Sea / Graham Land and South Shetland Islands (FLAT)

Double-sided 98x88.5cm 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...

Arctic and Antarctica

Double-sided topographic folded map covering the Arctic and Antarctica.
Side one is a topographic map of the Arctic; including bathymetry, elevation, major rivers, lakes and ice. It also shows major...

Barrow's Boys

"Barrows Boy's" records the history of British exploration in the first half of the 19th century, examining events in the Arctic, Antarctic, Australia and West Africa. Fleming dusts down the surreal...

Arctic Ocean

This Arctic region map extends to latitude 64º South with the land masses of Greenland, Iceland and Baffin Island allowed to project beyond. Additional under-ice terrain contours are shown where appropriate...

Ninety Degrees North

The atlas of the mid 1800's was covered in blank spaces. In the mid 19th century, people decided to discover what lay at the top of the world. "Ninety Degrees North" chronicles this race for the North...

Point it - Traveller's language kit

This extremely useful visual dictionary displays 1200 items through colour pictures.
Simple, self explanatory and clear, it is essential for first time tourists or experienced travellers alike.
It's...

Arctic Region Planning Chart

A nautical planning chart of the Arctic region, centred on the North Pole and extending out to the adjacent islands and continental land masses. Includes Greenland, Iceland, most of Scandinavia, northern...

Arctic: A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

One of a series of comprehensive guides for adventurous travellers wanting to explore destinations off the beaten track, written mostly by single authors. Highlighting culture and natural history, these...

The Ice Master

In 1913, what was to have been the grandest and most elaborate Arctic expedition in history ended just six weeks later with the HMCS Karluk trapped by polar ice. Five months later, hopelessly off course...