Arctic Odyssey

Author : Jaxon Reed
Publisher : RWG Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9798215976784

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The Arctic Odyssey by Jaxon Reed Pdf

The Arctic Odyssey: A Quest for the North Pole is a mesmerizing and inspiring journey through the breathtaking beauty, rich history, and complex challenges of the Arctic region. From the frozen landscapes of the North Pole to the rich cultural traditions of the Inuit and other indigenous peoples of the Arctic, this book offers a unique and powerful perspective on one of the world's most captivating and mysterious places. Through 28 fascinating chapters, readers will explore the history of Arctic exploration, the science of climate change, the challenges of building in extreme conditions, and the rich traditions and cultural heritage of the Arctic's indigenous peoples. Along the way, readers will meet the wildlife of the Arctic, from the mighty polar bear to the migratory birds that call this region home, and gain a deeper understanding of the fragile and interconnected ecosystems that sustain life in the far north. As the Arctic faces rapid environmental and social changes, from melting sea ice to the loss of traditional ways of life for indigenous peoples, The Arctic Odyssey provides a timely and urgent call to action for responsible and sustainable development in the region. With a focus on conservation, sustainability, and the voices and perspectives of indigenous peoples, this book offers a compelling vision for a future in which the Arctic is protected, sustained, and celebrated for generations to come. Written with passion, insight, and a deep respect for the natural and cultural heritage of the Arctic, The Arctic Odyssey is a must-read for anyone who has ever been captivated by the stunning beauty and rich history of the far north. Whether you are an adventurer, a nature lover, a history buff, or simply curious about one of the world's most captivating places, this book will transport you on a magical and unforgettable journey through the frozen heart of the Arctic.

Author : Diamond Jenness,Canadian Museum of Civilization
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015022030137

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Arctic Odyssey by Diamond Jenness,Canadian Museum of Civilization Pdf

This diary kept by Diamond Jenness (1888-1969), the ethnologist with the Southern Party of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, covers the author's travels and work in northern Alaska, the Coronation Gulf area, Victoria Island and Bernard Harbour, with numerous photographs taken by the author and much previously unpublished material on Copper Eskimo life. Includes sketches and maps by the author, with lists of people met during the expedition, Eskimo words used in the diary, items traded, collections (birds, insects, mammals, plants, mosses, shells), singers of the songs recorded in the Coppermine area, photographs and correspondence. The basic text has been expanded with notes from other unpublished sources, together with biographical material on the various expedition members.

Author : Diamond Jenness,Canadian Museum of Civilization
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0660129051

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Arctic Odyssey by Diamond Jenness,Canadian Museum of Civilization Pdf

This diary kept by Diamond Jenness (1888-1969), the ethnologist with the Southern Party of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, covers the author's travels and work in northern Alaska, the Coronation Gulf area, Victoria Island and Bernard Harbour, with numerous photographs taken by the author and much previously unpublished material on Copper Eskimo life. Includes sketches and maps by the author, with lists of people met during the expedition, Eskimo words used in the diary, items traded, collections (birds, insects, mammals, plants, mosses, shells), singers of the songs recorded in the Coppermine area, photographs and correspondence. The basic text has been expanded with notes from other unpublished sources, together with biographical material on the various expedition members.

Author : Glenn M. Stein
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780786477081

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Discovering the North-West Passage by Glenn M. Stein Pdf

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise were to pass through the Bering Strait from the west but a Pacific storm separated them, never to meet again. Obsessed with traversing the passage, McClure pressed on and HMS Investigator spent three years trapped in pack ice in Mercy Bay before the crew abandoned ship on foot. This book chronicles the voyage in detail. McClure and his relationships with his officers are at the heart of the story of the arduous journey, vividly illustrated by the paintings of Lt. Samuel Cresswell.

Author : Raymond M. Patterson
Publisher : New York : William Sloane Associates
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : UOM:39015012206028

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Dangerous River by Raymond M. Patterson Pdf

Narrative of author's journey up South Nahanni River, NWT in 1927 and his winter in that region in 1928-29.

Author : Len Sherman
Publisher : [Swall Meadow, Calif.] : Fine Edge Productions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 0938665634

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Arctic Odyssey by Len Sherman Pdf

The author, a painter and amateur sailor, offers a personable account of his May 1995 journey with two experienced sailors through the Northwest Passage in a hand-built, 8.5 meter, sloop-rigged steel vessel. Includes the author's handsome line drawings and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Alvah Simon
Publisher : Crown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780767904469

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North to the Night by Alvah Simon Pdf

In June 1994 Alvah Simon and his wife, Diana, set off in their 36-foot sailboat to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra, and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle. Four months later, unexpected events would trap Simon alone on his boat, frozen in ice 100 miles from the nearest settlement, with the long polar night stretching into darkness for months to come. With his world circumscribed by screaming blizzards and marauding polar bears and his only companion a kitten named Halifax, Simon withstands months of crushing loneliness, sudden blindness, and private demons. Trapped in a boat buried beneath the drifting snow, he struggles through the perpetual darkness toward a spiritual awakening and an understanding of the forces that conspired to bring him there. He emerges five months later a transformed man. Simon's powerful, triumphant story combines the suspense of Into Thin Air with a crystalline, lyrical prose to explore the hypnotic draw of one of earth's deepest and most dangerous wildernesses.

Author : Joe Fougere
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781638675556

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High Arctic Odyssey by Joe Fougere Pdf

About the Book If you like to read tom Clancy’s novels with tons of details in them, then you will surely enjoy “High Arctic Odyssey”. It is crammed with glorious details about plane crashes, under-ice submarine maneuvers, flying hovercraft, and helicopters. If you enjoy an Ian Flemming book about the exploits of James Bond with his license to kill, you will be thrilled by the skills and abilities of Major Shawn Phillips of the RCAF. He is a proficient pilot and a Search and Rescue Specialist. He shoots to kill when in the line-of-duty. Whether it is saving a Russian chopper or using a rocket launcher to attack enemies, you can count on the Major. Mari Leech is a beautiful love interest of the airman and also a skillful RCAF pilot. If you are motivated by a captivating plot involving unbounded greed, uncontrolled selfishness, espionage and political intrigue, you will be galvanized by the well-defined characters in this book. There are two Naval Admirals. Both want power. One would stage an election while the other overthrows a government in order to steal land and resources. Major Phillips retaliates, with forces consisting of friends and foes, to over-turn the actions of the Admirals. Talk about evil foes! You will not be disappointed in the cruelty and scheming ways of both Admirals. Each of them are pure evil and will do anything to achieve their private goals. Their bags of tricks include a military coup, sabotage, blackmail and cut-throat operations. It is up to Major Phillips to defeat them and their followers. There is a likable Russian Colonel, with his commandos, in the arctic to retrieve precious equipment and loads of strategic data. The Colonel is an aggressive goal-oriented leader, and it takes all of Phillips’ rational skills to control him. A naive Naval submarine commander gets duped into acts against other countries’ authorities and needs to find revenge. If you enjoy reading unique tales, you will be enticed to follow the twists and turns of this story as it demonstrates how small mistakes can turn out to be major disasters.

Author : Everett S. Allen
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789127065

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Arctic Odyssey by Everett S. Allen Pdf

IN THESE PAGES, the reader will meet one of America’s foremost seafaring men and explorers. Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970) was born in Provincetown on Cape Cod and orphaned at an early age. After working his way through Bowdoin College and a brief stint at teaching, he became one of Robert E. Peary’s chief assistants on the arctic expedition that finally fought its way across the bitter Polar Sea to reach the North Pole. There followed a series of arctic expeditions spanning nearly half a century to Labrador, Baffin Island, to King Christian Island, Ellesmere Island and other unknown areas of the Arctic, resulting in valuable work in botany, ornithology, meteorology, and anthropology. He proved that Crocker Land did not exist. The story of the schooner Bowdoin, which for many years visited the North with a crew of scientists and amateurs, is told in detail, as well as the researchers and friendships developed with the Eskimos, in which Miriam MacMillan played a significant part. Arctic Odyssey is the thrilling story of a rich and exciting way of life, centering in the lusty and vigorous personality of one of the last and most colorful representatives of the heroic era of arctic exploration. Everett S. Allen (1916-1990) was an experienced newspaper reporter for The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Massachusetts. For many years he followed the career of Rear Admiral MacMillan and worked closely with him while writing this book.

Author : Richard Weber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 1550131990

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Polar Bridge by Richard Weber Pdf

Tells the story of the four Canadian members of the Polar Bridge Expedition through narrative text and diary entries. This Soviet-Canadian transpolar ski expedition undertook a three-month journey in the spring of 1988, beginning in Soviet Central Siberia and ending on Canada's Ellesmere Island, "to link East and West together through North". Includes summary of scientific results. Canadian members were: Richard Weber, Laurie Dexter, Christopher Holloway, and Max Buxton.

Author : Andrew Stuhl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226416649

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Unfreezing the Arctic by Andrew Stuhl Pdf

This rich portrait of Arctic science, informed by ethnographic fieldwork and Inuit perspective, speaks to the interplay of science and international politics. It looks at episodes of exploration, colonial control, exchanges with indigenous populations, and the process of knowledge gathering on the Arctic s natural and living resources. Andrew Stuhl s compelling narrative weaves together distinct episodes into a backstory for what some have wrongly called the unprecedented transformations in the circumpolar basin today. "Unfreezing the Arctic" is among the first books to undertake a sustained examination of scientific activity in the Arctic across the long twentieth century, and it will be warmly welcomed by anyone interested in the commingled political, economic, and social histories of transboundary regions the world over."

Author : Graeme Dingle
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 0790004690

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Arktikos by Graeme Dingle Pdf

Author : Julie Angus
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771000062

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Olive Odyssey by Julie Angus Pdf

This Mediterranean travel memoir offers “an engaging mix of history, food travelogue, and botany lesson . . . There is much to enjoy here” (Library Journal). Inspired by her Syrian forebears’ intimate relationship with the olive, Julie Angus embarks on a voyage around the Mediterranean to unlock the secrets of the fruit that meant so much to them. Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated; feasts on inky black tapenades and codfish drizzled with olive oil, among many other delights; witnesses the harvesting of olives in Greece; and visits perhaps the oldest olive tree in the world, on Crete. The result is a fascinating history and biography of this most influential and irresistible fruit. “It is a pleasure to try to keep up with this book; like its author, it covers an enormous amount of territory.” —Christopher Bakken, Wall Street Journal

Author : Jonathan Waterman
Publisher : Globe Pequot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1585747300

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Arctic Crossing by Jonathan Waterman Pdf

Describes the author's journey from the Inuit communities in Alaska, across the Northwest Passage, to Nunavut in Canada, and the physical and psychological challenges he encountered along the way.

Author : Winton U. Solberg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476679952

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Arctic Mirage by Winton U. Solberg Pdf

In 1913, an expedition was sent to the Arctic, funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society and the University of Illinois. Its purpose was twofold: to discover whether an archipelago called Crocker Land--reportedly spotted by an earlier explorer in 1906--actually existed; and to engage in scientific research in the Arctic. When explorers discovered that Crocker Land did not exist, they instead pursued their research, made a number of important discoveries and documented the region's indigenous inhabitants and natural habitat. Their return to America was delayed by the difficulty of engaging a relief ship, and by the danger of German submarines in Arctic waters during the World War I.