Antarctica & Arctic from Ariel Books

United Kingdom: Blandford Press, 1969. Scientists from 12 nations are investigating the vast Antarctic ice sheet and underlying rock, the flora and fauna, the atmosphere, plankton rich ocean and seabirds, as well as penguins, seals and whales. Aimed at the general reader to understand the region. Bds clean and unworn, map eps, pp 276 with 65 colour photos, numerous in b/w plus many maps and diagrams through text. Bright and crisp as new in like DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over ... Read More

Bookseller: Ariel Books (New Zealand)

Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1969. Teal bds with crisp Electric Blue title, map eps, pp 192 with numerous b/w photo illus. Tight and clean. Original DJ has darkened spine with laminate just starting to lift top edge.. ISBN: 0000000000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wilkes-Vostok Antarctic Traverse Russian station at the Southern Geomagnetic Pole. Catalogs: Antarctica & Arctic.... Read More

Bookseller: Ariel Books (New Zealand)

London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1951. Written for adolescence. "In 1594 dutch mariner William Barents went on an expedition to search for the fabled NE passage. Trapped for 8 months in the frozen wastes of the Arctic, their ship crushed by icebergs, along with disease and mutiny, a handfull of survivors made it back to Amsterdam the follow summer." CONDITION Blue bds with crisp Silver title (very light shelf wear, sl discoloured spine) map eps, pp 194 with line illus, tight and cl... Read More

Bookseller: Ariel Books (New Zealand)

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Blue bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn, with damp stain along top front edge and head of spine, small nick to cloth at spine head) pp 304 with 31 photo illus and 10 maps (bright and clean, light foxed end pages, not inscribed) Original DJ is foxed with wear mainly top front.. ISBN: 0000000000. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Adventure Antartic Exploration Atlantic. Catalogs: Antarctica &... Read More

Bookseller: Ariel Books (New Zealand)