Bradt's fully illustrated wildlife guides focus on regions of the world particularly celebrated for their amazing & often unique species. With spectacular photography or exclusive watercolour drawings throughout, each visitors' guide provides an introduction to the region's principal flora & fauna alongside suggested wildlife itineraries, practical information on when to go & what to take & photography tips. Written in a deliberately engaging way, they offer something different from dry field guides, & will appeal to the interested layman as much as the wildlife devotee. It is ideal as a lightweight companion to any wildlife trip they also make a handsome souvenir. This is an introduction for visitors to the birds, animals & marine life of the Arctic Ocean & its polar fringes, & a fascinating & informative armchair read. ...

It`s hardly a surprise to discover that Sam Branson has a love of adventure & a real concern about our future in a world where the climate is changing rapidly. Journeying into the heart of the Arctic wilderness with his father & a film crew, Sam explores the changing landscape & the lives of the native Inuit people who have survived in a relentlessly inhospitable environment for 5000 years. Sleeping on frozen seas & encountering majestic polar bears, Sam & his father embark together on a winter expedition which Sam must ultimately complete on his own, finding new depths of resilience & courage in a formidable & breathtaking landscape. ...

Winner of the National Book Award & a best-seller upon publication in 1986, Arctic Dreams is now acknowledged as a classic, a book that re-defined the genre of nature writing. In prose of transparent beauty, Lopez celebrates the Arctic landscape & the animals & people that live there. He recounts massive migrations by l&, sea & air, the epic voyages of explorers, distant mountain that is actually a looming mirage. But he also looks deep into our dreams & the strange fascination that the Arctic exerts over our imaginations. Why do we find such a hostile, elemental environment so beautiful, so full of magic, so rich in ideas about how we should live our lives? ...

This title comes with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane. Lopez`s journey across our frozen planet is a celebration of the Arctic in all its guises. A hostile landscape of ice, freezing oceans & dazzling skyscapes. Home to millions of diverse animals & people. The stage to massive migrations by l&, sea & air. The setting of epic exploratory voyages. &, in crystalline prose, Lopez captures the magic of the Arctic
- the essential mystery & beauty of a continent that has enchanted man`s imagination & ambition for centuries.
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The arctic fox is an incredibly hardy animal that can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as -58°F in the treeless lands where it makes its home. Learn more about this amazing animal with Living Nature! All of our soft toy animals come with a swing tag packed with animal facts such as behaviour, habitat & food! ...

For centuries British navigators dreamt of finding the Northwest Passage
- the route over the top of North America that would open
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” In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist & man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery. As Morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyes. The seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. It will be another twelve years, & a second time spent in India, before A Passage to India, E. M. Forster`s great work of literature, is published. During these years, Morgan will come to a profound understanding of himself as a man, & of the infinite subtleties & complexity of human nature, bringing these great insights to bear in his remarkable novel. At once a fictional exploration of the life & times of one of Britain`s finest novelists, his struggle to find a way of living & being, & a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process, Arctic Summer is a literary masterpiece, by one of the finest writers of his generation.” ...

** The Air Ministry`s emergency survival series makes the perfect gift for those who think they`d survive the world`s most hostile environments
- or at least imagine they could do!** First issued to airmen in 1952, this reprint of The Air Ministry`s Arctic Survival pamphlet

Includes:: original & authentic emergency advice to crew operating over arctic regions. With original illustrations & text, these survival guides provide an insight to military survival techniques from a by-gone era. Packed with original line drawings & instruction in:- The best faces to pull to prevent frostbite & when you can expect bits of you to `fall off`, should you fail- How to build a structurally sound igloo- How to fashion a mask to prevent snowblindness Focussing on the harshest of situations one can find oneself in, Arctic Survival is one of four reprints of The Air Ministry`s emergency survival pamphlets. Others include: Jungle Survival Desert Survival Arctic Survival


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The Arctic Circle contains some of the most spectacular places on earth, including rivers of ice, taiga forests, bleak tundras, & vast regions of pack ice. Despite its harsh climate, the Arctic is home to a surprisingly rich fauna, ranging from tiny insects & crustaceans to a wealth of birds such as Ptarmigan, Snowy Owl, Gyrfalcon & a host of breeding waders, & from a diverse assemblage of small mammals like voles & hares to giants such as Walrus, Narwhal & Bowhead Whale. The Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife is the first comprehensive biography of this region. Illustrated throughout with the amazing photography of author Richard Sale & polar expert Per Michelson, it contains in-depth sections on the geology & geography of the area, climate, ecology, species diversity & biogeography, a review of the peoples of the Arctic, & a discussion of the impact of human activity on this fragile environment. The rest of the book contains a detailed field guide covering the birds & mammals of the region, with sections on identification, confusion species, diet, breeding biology, taxonomy & distribution, illustrated with range maps & glorious photography. This breathtaking book will enchant everyone who loves wild places, & will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the polar north. ...

This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural history--sky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, & insects--for those who will experience the Arctic firsthand & for armchair travelers who would just as soon read about its splendors & surprises. It is packed with answers to naturalists' questions & with questions--some of them answered--that naturalists may not even have thought of. ...