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CD-Audio. In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. This audio book chronicles the conflict from all sides. Num Pages: 3 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846570704
ISBN
9781846570704
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy. With a head full of questions about its landscape and a heart informed by his love of desolate and barren places, he sets out for Alaska, to discover its four geographical quarters, from snowmelt to snowfall. He ultimately finds that to make Alaska a home, one must surrender to the land. Num Pages: 448 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300. Some shelf wear,
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0096910
ISBN
9780552999731
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.96

Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545910
ISBN
9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.16

Paperback. In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic. Yet Franklin, his ships and men were fated never to return. This book gives an account of the worst catastrophe in the history of British exploration, and the dark tales of cannibalism that surround the fate of those involved. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571231614
ISBN
9780571231614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.07

Paperback. * The 'laugh out loud helplessly in public, like an escaped psychopath' (OBSERVER) travelogue and rehabilitation of a Victorian hero - Lord Dufferin Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1MTN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349111407
ISBN
9780349111407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.20

Paperback. The Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early and unexplained deaths. This title makes the case that this illness was due to the crews' overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. The Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early and unexplained deaths. This title makes the case that this illness was due to the crews' overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; RGR. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight: 198.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Rev Pbk ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747577270
ISBN
9780747577270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.64

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Reprinted from Marine Geophysical Researches, Vol
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402033254
ISBN
9781402033254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardcover. Recent controversies over the political and environmental management of the Antarctic ensure that it will remain an important global issue. Drawing on recent developments in critical geopolitics and cultural geography, Klaus Dodds examines the six major nations of the Southern hemisphere currently involved in the Antarctic. Series: Polar Research. Num Pages: 270 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1MTS; JPSL; RGCP; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471969921
ISBN
9780471969921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 226.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Abram, Simone; Lund, Katrin Anna. Num Pages: 121 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1MTN; KNSG; RGC; RNA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137587350
ISBN
9781137587350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.57

Paperback. With the introduction of Home Rule in Greenland in 1979, people can now talk about a Greenlandic "nation". This volume aims to contribute to an understanding of processes and issues involved in the construction and expression of cultural identity, and to help delineate directions for further research. Editor(s): Dybbroe, Susanne; Moller, Poul Brobech. Series: North Atlantic Studies. Num Pages: 71 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 5. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
71
Condition
New
SKU
V9788798342441
ISBN
9788798342441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.44

Hardcover. Helps you discover the origins of the different people who live in the most northerly reaches of the Earth - including the Inuit, Nenet, Saami and Chukchi races - and how they have managed to survive in such harsh conditions. This book examines Arctic habitation through the ages. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 350 pictures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; 5AJ; YNH; YNPH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 228 x 303 x 12. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843229940
ISBN
9781843229940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. A compelling insight into the lives of the great polar explorers, through the eyes of the women who inspired them - this is the story of seven remarkable women. Drawing on her own experience as an explorer's daughter, and using extracts from journals and letters, the author blends accounts of longing, betrayal and hope with tales of adventure. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos and images. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Saraband
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908643216
ISBN
9781908643216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. As Scott and his two companions lay dying in their tent, elsewhere on the polar ice-cap six members of his ill-fated expedition, the Northern Party, were fighting for their lives. Led by Dr Levick, this title is based on his previously unpublished diaries, monographs, photographs and sketches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 303.
Publisher
Pimlico London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712679954
ISBN
9780712679954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. The John Biscoe was the first research ship built for the British Antarctic Survey. From 1956 until 1991, she sailed between Britain, the Falklands and the Antarctic. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445638607
ISBN
9781445638607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226661
ISBN
9780803226661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons New York
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471404200
ISBN
9780471404200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 4.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white plates, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752497792
ISBN
9780752497792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.37

Paperback. The story of Shackleton's amazing adventure in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Illustrator(s): Robertson, M. P. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 1QMP; 5AH; YFY; YQH. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 272 x 271 x 5. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780711217447
ISBN
9780711217447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

hardcover. Comprehensive description, with keys and extensive bibliography, of all known species and varieties of moss in Antarctica. Num Pages: 704 pages, 273 b/w illus. 42 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MTS; PST. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521814027
ISBN
9780521814027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.11

Paperback. The first voyage in In Mischief's Wake gives H.W. Tilman's report of the loss of Mischief. He buys Sea Breeze and makes landfall in Iceland before heading to East Greenland. Forty miles from Scoresby Sound, 'a polite mutiny' forced him to abandon the voyage. The following year, he completes a voyage he considered 'certainly the happiest'. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1MTNG; BTH; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461369
ISBN
9781909461369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.99

Hardcover. A century after Amundsen's triumph and Scott's tragedy, our fascination with Antarctica remains as acute as ever. This glorious visual history traces our search for the South Pole, from our earliest encounters through the Heroic Age to modern times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; HBJQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 276 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Conway
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9781844861378
ISBN
9781844861378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 10.00

Hardback. While environmental protection has been a focus of decision-making under the Antarctic Treaty, the rules adopted did not engender an effective protection regime. This book examines the international politics of environmental protection in the Antarctic and analyzes recent events. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTS; JPS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333594490
ISBN
9780333594490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.80

Hardback. A collection of new work on the Falklands Conflict by leading British and Argentine authorities. The themes of the volume are defence and diplomacy, and the problematic relationship between the two. Editor(s): Danchev, Alex. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJM; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525920
ISBN
9780333525920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.36

Paperback. In this revised and updated edition new accounts have been included of the ways in which the islanders resisted occupation and did not - hitherto unpublished material describes how a small minority of islanders threw their lot in with the Argentines. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473853430
ISBN
9781473853430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

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