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Svalbard - Flora and Fauna : Pocket Guide Authors:Diego Punta Fernández, Santiago Imberti, and Luciano Bernacchi Size folded 8"""" x 3.5"""", Size opened 8 x 33.5"""" Laminated paper English Designed as a travel companion for visitors throughout remote and natural landscapes, we would like these pocket guides help you to discover some of the most distinctive features that make the southern tip of South America a unique and remarkable region. -31 birds -15 mammals -21 plants -Where to look for them -Common names -Scientific (latin) names -Families -Natural sizes

Svalbard Life takes readers on a unique journey to Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, constituting the northernmost part of Norway and one of the last regions of genuine wilderness in Europe. Arctic and marine biologist Paul Wassmann and Arctic photographer Rudi Caeyers exemplify and illustrate life, change, and resilience in the archipelago by unifying informative text with lavish imagery in a way that is comprehensible and stimulating. For many readers, this book will change their perception of life in the High North. Nature, communities, people, and art in Svalbard, past and present, are made accessible through short, condensed, informative texts interspersed with photographs, which both fuel the intellect and appeal to the imaginative mind. Designed to be dipped into at random, the book does not follow a straight line, but meanders, and constantly looks for diversity, ideas, and enjoyment. Towards the end of the book, the focus shifts towards the overarching issue of climate change in the Arctic Ocean. Finally, and from an Arctic perspective, a set of short essays dealing with generic aspects of living in the Arctic are presented, dealing with communicating evidence, resilience management, and the challenge of a changing climate. Applying a multidisciplinary approach and based upon participating observations, the Arctic is seen, experienced, and communicated by two insiders that not only lived and worked for decades in the High North, but also applied the perspective of their central European upbringing. Svalbard Life provides understanding of and an intuition for life and change in the Arctic.

Norway's Spitsbergen Archipelago, known as Svalbard to the Norwegians, is of increasing interest to Arctic scholars and geographers, as well as to military historians and analysts of strategy. It was the farthest northern battleground between German and Allied forces in World War II; it became a political arena for Soviet and U.S. competition during the Cold War; it is now a field of conflict for fishing rights and cultural resource protection; and it serves as a laboratory for the study of global warming. This unique island group occupies a fascinating place in European, Russian, and American affairs. Here, for the first time, is the complete report compiled by U.S. Intelligence at the beginning of World War II evaluating the islands both geographically and militarily, as well as a report on the archipelago produced by the CIA in 1950. This comprehensive report--never superseded in the years since--has been edited and introduced by P.J. Capelotti. It provides in great detail the American perspective on these islands and their strategic, economic, and geologic value. Maps and illustrations are included, some from the original report, some new. A glossary covers Arctic terms.

A wonderful story about a trip to the Arctic illustrated with magnificent photographs. This book is well organized, and meticulously written. It presents an informative guide to a remote and obviously beautiful part of our planet that many readers have heard of but few have actually visited—or thought of visiting until now. The approachable, friendly style of the writing and the narrative flow seamlessly to the last page. Svalbard does a fine job of bringing to life a remote and exciting part of the world in a short, neatly-packaged travelogue that should appeal to all readers—from avid travelers to armchair travelers to fans of exotic places. The overall descriptive and stylish tone of the book should make for a positive reading experience. .

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Svalbard - Flora and Fauna : Pocket Guide Authors:Diego Punta Fernández, Santiago Imberti, and Luciano Bernacchi Size folded 8"""" x 3.5"""", Size opened 8 x 33.5"""" Laminated paper English Designed as a travel companion for visitors throughout remote and natural landscapes, we would like these pocket guides help you to discover some of the most distinctive features that make the southern tip of South America a unique and remarkable region. -31 birds -15 mammals -21 plants -Where to look for them -Common names -Scientific (latin) names -Families -Natural sizes

Norway's Spitsbergen Archipelago, known as Svalbard to the Norwegians, is of increasing interest to Arctic scholars and geographers, as well as to military historians and analysts of strategy. It was the farthest northern battleground between German and Allied forces in World War II; it became a political arena for Soviet and U.S. competition during the Cold War; it is now a field of conflict for fishing rights and cultural resource protection; and it serves as a laboratory for the study of global warming. This unique island group occupies a fascinating place in European, Russian, and American affairs. Here, for the first time, is the complete report compiled by U.S. Intelligence at the beginning of World War II evaluating the islands both geographically and militarily, as well as a report on the archipelago produced by the CIA in 1950. This comprehensive report--never superseded in the years since--has been edited and introduced by P.J. Capelotti. It provides in great detail the American perspective on these islands and their strategic, economic, and geologic value. Maps and illustrations are included, some from the original report, some new. A glossary covers Arctic terms.

Paperback. The town of Longyearbyen in the high Arctic is the world's northernmost settlement. Here, climate change is happening fast. It is clearly seen and sensed by the locals; with higher temperatures, more rain and permafrost thaw. At the same time, the town is shifting from state-controlled coal production to tourism, research and development, rapidly globalising, with numerous languages spoken, cruise ships sounding the horn in the harbour and planes landing and taking off.Zdenka Sokolickova lived here between 2019 and 2021, and her research in the community uncovered a story about the conflict between sustainability and the driving forces of politics and economy in the rich global North. A small town of 2,400 inhabitants at 78 degrees latitude north on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Longyearbyen provided a unique view into the unmistakable relationship between global capitalism and climate change.The Paradox of Svalbard looks at both local and global trends to access a deep understanding of the effects of tourism, immigration, labour and many other elements on the trajectory of climate crisis, and whether anything can be done to reverse them. Climate change has meant that the future of the Arctic is important to the future of the world. This book is a glimpse into the changes affecting a community within the Arctic circle. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Published by Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo, this small book contains a wealth of detailed information about the geology of Svalbard. The 163 pages includes color photos, maps, and a larger folded color map of the breakdown of rocks in the area. Contents cover the geological exploration, polar region, what took in Svalbard and when, southern Spitsbergen, Northwestern Spitsbergen, Northeastern Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet, the islands in the east, Bjornoya (Bear Island), economic geology, tasks and challenges ahead, taking care of Svalbard, bibliography and index.

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In September 2011 a group of scientists, artists and writers embarked on an expedition to North-West Svalbard, the northern extremity of Norway. Travelling on the M/S Stockholm, each of them recorded the event from their own professional and personal perspective. The sites on the route map of the journey facing the northern shores of the Polar Sea all have a story to tell, natural or cultural. The book is a narrative of the places visited by the expedition with the many different approaches shaping the views of the land encountered. The poetics of artists and photographers meeting the environmentalist writers and researchers of science and history tells the story of an expedition following its historic predecessors. The history of photography and earlier travel accounts as well as burning contemporary issues guided the journey into the Arctic.

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Published by Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo, this small book contains a wealth of detailed information about the geology of Svalbard. The 163 pages includes color photos, maps, and a larger folded color map of the breakdown of rocks in the area. Contents cover the geological exploration, polar region, what took in Svalbard and when, southern Spitsbergen, Northwestern Spitsbergen, Northeastern Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet, the islands in the east, Bjornoya (Bear Island), economic geology, tasks and challenges ahead, taking care of Svalbard, bibliography and index.

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Octavo in blue and green glossy boards (wordless spine); color illus.; 139 p., 20 cm. In English. // Scarce. Fine copy. Previous owner's name signed in pen on free front end paper; else excellent copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is tight; hardly any signs of use.

It's Hard To Have Hope Svalbard - LP 020286225997

"In Boomer, the crew of Corpus Christi discovers a chilling fact: A Soviet Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine is alive and well. Worse, it still has three of its missiles and their warheads. "Information presented in this module includes: * Source material and maps for Norway and the Svalbard Archipelago. * Background details on how the Soviet sub came to be trapped in the ice and on the operation undertaken to recover it. * Rules for traversing the arctic ice pack, and a discussion of the special dangers and encounters to be found there.