This text provides an insight into the early history of the Polar regions, and tells the stories of Man's first exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic, and subsequent expeditions. The history of individual Polar expeditions has been told many times, but usually only as personal accounts of individual adventures. This misses the overall context of polar exploration - why the British depended on ponies, or plant-eating animals (on the only continent where plants don't grow), why Franklin's men perished when the local Eskimos were eking out an existence around them (and reporting Franklin's demise), and why the Scandinavians were always better than anybody else.The first map of Antarctica was produced in 1556 - the Vikings visited the Arctic 1,000 years before. In 2001, the US Base at the South Pole is manned 365 days a year. The book tells the whole story of how the two last wildernesses, at either end of the world, were discovered, conquered and tamed.

To the Ends of the Earth: The History of Polar Exploration

History

richard-sale

World

HarperCollins, Publishers

This book is the definitive guide to the largest and most charismatic species of falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon. With detailed information on life history characteristics, ecology, conservation issues, and much more, the book presents the most accurate, up-to-date, and complete view of this spectacular bird ever published.
Drawing on extensive research and travel to every country within the range of the Gyrfalcon, Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale delineate a new map of the bird’s range, conclude that the Gyrfalcon is more adaptable than previously thought, and restore the traditional Linnean scientific name of the species, Falco gyrfalco. The authors also reveal that Gyrfalcons, for much of their lives, are true stenophagous raptors, a rarity not only among raptors but among all birds.
Elegantly illustrated with many photographs and line drawings, this is an essential volume for ornithologists, ecologists, wildlife rehabilitators, falconers, and all others fascinated by birds of prey.

The Gyrfalcon

Science & Math

Eugene Potapov

Earth Sciences

Yale University Press

The White Buffalo

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Bantam]

For the President's Eyes Only

Golden Apple Books

NY: Bantam Books

Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon. His 10th book about Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse in the dying days of the Wild West's glory. Made into the movie of the same name starring Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, Clint Walker, Stuart Whitman, and John Carradine.

Simon&Schuster

In August 2007, the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolizing the Kremlin's claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, and firing the starting gun on the world's last colonial scramble. The Scramble for the Arctic, which includes color and black-and-white photographs, examines the history of the region and its exploration, the current state of ownership, the likely outcomes of today's power plays, and what is at stake both politically and ecologically. With the map literally being redrawn by global warming, the ownership of the Arctic will be one of the defining issues of the next decade. Amid much propaganda and obfuscation, this informed and clear-sighted account of the competing interests of nations, corporations, and indeed species will prove an invaluable resource.

The Scramble for the Arctic: Ownership, Exploitation and Conflict in the Far North

Frances Lincoln

Visitor's Guide Cotswolds

Travel

Europe

Moorland Pub. Co.

Moorland Publishing

The Visitor's Guide Italian Lakes

Moorland Publishing Company

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