POLAR RECORD: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 201, April 2001).
by Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor
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Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001., 2001.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & the edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. The upper half of the rear wrap is lightly rippled. Pages 97-192. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, diagrams, maps & tables. The top page corners & the bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped Very good. <p>Among the contents of this issue are Norwegian use of the polar oceans as occupational arenas and exploration routes; Ice-shelf collapse, climate change and habitat loss in the Canadian high Arctic; and The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
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- Title
- POLAR RECORD: Journal of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. (Volume 37, Number 201, April 2001).
- Author
- Riffenburgh, Dr. Beau; editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Date Published
- 2001.
- Keywords
- TRAVEL AND HISTORY; ARCTIC; ANTARCTIC; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR RECORD: JOURNAL OF THE SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; PERIODICAL; BEAU RIFFENBURGH, EDITOR; ICE-SHELF COLLAPSE;CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; L. R.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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