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Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB: Polar
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Our Daily Bread; Seals: The Lifeblood of Inuit Subsistence Livelihood
Yellowknife, NWT, Department of Renewable Resources, Field Services Division, 1986. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Slim 8vo. Colour illustrations and photographs. Pamphlet shows some minor rippling (possible water damage); good. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 074512
CAD 21,72 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 15.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2391]
Catalogue: Polar
L\'Ile Ross de L\'Antartique / Ross Island of the Antarctic - Springboard to the South Pole
,A translation into French of an article which originally appeared in the Spring, 1979, edition of the magazine \'North/Nord\'. The translation is typed (double-spaced) on 8 1/2 x 11\' paper. Our copy appears to be a photocopy of the original. Twelve pages in all; no illustrations. This copy unmarked, and in very good condition. Alford is the author of \'The Wilderness Survival Guide\' and \'The Raven and the Mountaineer\'. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 9900036222
CAD 19,26 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 13.75 | £UK 10.5 | JP¥ 2120]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Antarctic;South Pole;;;;;;;
Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From Science to Policy; an Integrated Regional Impact Study (Iris) of Climate Change and Modernization
Quebec City, ArcticNet, 2012. Hardcover. pp. 301. 4to. Colour photographs and maps. Light shelfwear; very good+. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 094934
CAD 93,95 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 58.25 US$ 67.05 | £UK 51 | JP¥ 10340]
Catalogue: Polar
Extreme Ice Now; Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report
Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 2009. Hardcover. pp. 118. Oblong 8vo. Bound in white cloth. Light shelfwear; very good+ in slightly scuffed pictorial slipcase. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 088380
CAD 17,33 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 12.37 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1907]
Catalogue: Polar
The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year 1882-83
Calgary, The Arctic Institute of North America, 2008. Paperback. pp. xiv, 417. 8vo. Black and white maps, photographs, and illustrations. Light shelfwear, minor bump to bottom page edge; very good+. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 098308
CAD 28,89 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 20.62 | £UK 15.75 | JP¥ 3180]
Catalogue: Polar
Etude Archeologique de Sites Eskimo Aux Ales Belcher, T.N. O.
Ottawa, National Museum of Canada, 1979. Paperback. pp. 257. 4to. Orange binding. Text in French. University of Manitoba rubber stamps to front cover, and title page. General shelfwear and creasing, sunning to spine; very good. National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Archaeological Survey of Canada Paper No. 76. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 0103275
CAD 21,72 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 15.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2391]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Archaeology; Indigenous; Inuit; Anthropology; Francais;
![Bernier, J. E. [Captain Joseph Elzear], Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to the Northern Waters and Arctic Archipelago of the D.G. S. "Arctic" 1910; 0101561](https://bw19.boekwinkeltjes.net/images/AB_images/b/bison_0101561.jpg "Click to enlarge")
Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to the Northern Waters and Arctic Archipelago of the D.G. S. "Arctic" 1910; 0101561
[Ottawa, Canada], Department of Marine and Fisheries, 1911. Hardcover. pp. 161. Slim 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 3 folding maps, 3 in-text maps, b&w photos. Ex-library: sticker to spine, bookplate, rubber stamps and punched stamps. Contents clean and complete. Reports include observations about hunting (polar bears, reindeer, muskox, etc.), fishing and whaling, visits and interviews with Inuit people/guides, geology, resources, meteorology, climate, igloo building. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 0101561
CAD 252,84 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 156.5 US$ 180.46 | £UK 137.25 | JP¥ 27828]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Arctic; polar; climate; geology; exploration; scientific; Canada; Greenland; exploring; sailing; nautical; icebreaker
Report on the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the D.G. S. "Arctic"; 1908-1909
Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1910. Hardcover. pp. 529. 8vo. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains fold out map, b&w photos. Edgewear, shaken, dark spot to spine. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 091327
CAD 108,39 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 67.25 US$ 77.36 | £UK 59 | JP¥ 11929]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Canadian History; Colonialism; western expansion; Arctic
The Arctic Grail; the Quest for the Norther West Passage and the North Pole 1818-1909
Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1988. Hardcover. pp. xii, 672. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white maps and illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good dustjacket. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 099820
CAD 21,72 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 15.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2391]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Travel; Exploration; Franklin Expedition;
Exploring the Frozen North; Pierre Berton\'s History for Young Canadians
Calgary, Fifth House Books, 2006. Paperback. pp. 187. Small square 4to. Light shelfwear; very good+. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 098689
CAD 15,94 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 11.38 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1754]
Catalogue: Polar
Artic Jounal II; a Time for Change
Ottawa, Novalis, 1999. Hardcover. pp. 350. 8vo. Author\'s signature to half-title page. B&W and colour photographs. Light shelfwear, spots to foredge; very good in very good- dustjacket with wear to edges. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 099017
CAD 21,72 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 15.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2391]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Travel; Exploration
Pour Briser la Glace de L\'Arctique / Breaking the Arctic Ice
,A translation into French of an article which originally appeared in the March/April, 1977, edition of the magazine \'North/Nord\'. The translation is typed (double-spaced) on 8 1/2 x 11\' paper. Our copy appears to be a photocopy of the original. Sixteen pages in all. Except for some staple holes in the corner, this copy in very good, unmarked, condition. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 9900036221
CAD 19,26 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 13.75 | £UK 10.5 | JP¥ 2120]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Arctic;;;;;;;;
The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands 1819-1820; the Journal of Midshipman C.W. Poynter
London, The Hakluyt Society, 2000. Hardcover. pp. 232. Large 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Negligible shelfwear. Dustjacket with some discolouration to front panel; very good+ in very good dustjacket. Series III, No. 4. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 0102053
CAD 28,89 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 20.62 | £UK 15.75 | JP¥ 3180]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Travel; Exploration; Antarctica;
Acts of Occupation; Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25
Vancouver, UBC Press, 2010. Paperback. pp. ix, 333. 8vo. Black and white maps and photographs. \'Review Copy\' sticker to half-title page, otherwise near fine. .
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 098312
CAD 50,61 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 36.12 | £UK 27.5 | JP¥ 5570]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Canadian History;
A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions
Boston, MA, Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Hardcover. pp. xxiv, 375. 8vo. Bound in brown cloth, binding quite broken. Three folding maps. Complete, internally unmarked. The author\'s edition. The diaries of the Captain of the \'Fox\', who was commissioned by Lady Franklin to search for evidence of the fate of her unfortunate husband. She offered M\'Clintock command of the expedition after government-funded searches turned up only rumours and a few relics of the ships \'Erebus\' and \'Terror\'. The expedition of the \'Fox\' was funded entirely by Lady Franklin and her friends, and it is for this reason that M\'Clintock dedicated the publication of his diaries of the expedition to Lady Franklin. Ill.: maps, black-&-white plates.
Bison Books Professional sellerBook no.: 090986
CAD 43,34 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 30.93 | £UK 23.75 | JP¥ 4770]
Catalogue: Polar
Keywords: Explorer;Northern Canada;Arctic;North-west passage;Exploration;;;; maps, black-&-white plates