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Here Jonathan and Angela Scott tell the story of their modern day exploration of this extreme continent, a journey through the magnificent icy landscape, to explore the wildlife of this rare sanctuary, and reflect on the experiences of early explorers like Shackelton, Amundsen, Scott and Mawson, and on the relationship between man and wildlife in this remote and spectacular environment.

Er galt als blinder Fleck, als Problem, als Ende der Welt und ewig ungelöstes Geheimnis: der Nordpol. Während andere rätselten und rechneten, schritt ein verrückter Zeitungsverleger auf der Jagd nach Sensationsgeschichten zur Tat. Er kaufte ein Schiff, erkor einen Kapitän und schickte im Juli 1879 dreiunddreißig Männer ins Eis - fest überzeugt von der Theorie eines offenen Polarmeeres. Doch nördlich der Beringstraße blieb die USS Jeannette im Packeis stecken.

Life Among the Qallunaat is the story of Mini Aodla Freeman’s experiences growing up in the Inuit communities of James Bay and her journey in the 1950s from her home to the strange land and stranger customs of the Qallunaat, those living south of the Arctic. Her extraordinary story, sometimes humourous and sometimes heartbreaking, illustrates an Inuit woman’s movement between worlds and ways of understanding. It also provides a clear-eyed record of the changes that swept through Inuit communities in the 1940s and 1950s.

The gripping untold story of Britain’s first Antarctic expedition — a daring journey that launched the legendary careers of Scott and Shackleton. Before Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic race to the South Pole and Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance, there was Discovery, the expedition...

The book dives into landscapes and lives, some of which we are about to lose. It’s about more than our changing climate; the Arctic was once a shared space among different peoples, until the region was swept in a storm of global politics.

From Empire to Exile: A Brief Uyghur History takes listeners on a captivating journey through the story of the Uyghur people—a saga of resilience, survival, openness to trade and ideas, diversity, and an unyielding pursuit of freedom. From their origins in the sweeping steppes of Central Asia to the heights of powerful empires, the Uyghurs have left an indelible mark on history.

На географических картах Арктики можно встретить немало русских названий. Это память о тех временах, когда наши соотечественники открывали один из самых суровых регионов Земли. Экспедиции россиян исследовали все северное побережье Евразии, обнаружили пролив между Америкой и Азией, побывали на Полюсе относительной недоступности, работали на первых дрейфующих станциях…. Книга "Арктика. История освоения Крайнего" рассказывает о судьбах российских исследователей и их экспедициях.