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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Arctic dreams Arctic dreams Barry Lopez Barry Holstun Lopez: “Arctic Dreams; Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape” ( 1986) This is an account of the author's exploration of the Western Arctic region, between Bering Strait a… OL14520W
Dangerous work Dangerous work Arthur Conan Doyle Conan Doyle's diary and log of his time served as a surgeon on a whaling ship in 1880. Annotated, and includes several incidental pieces derived from his experience, including the Sherlock Holmes st… OL16672658W
Planet Arctic Planet Arctic Wayne Lynch "The Arctic, the mystical lands north of 60 degrees, is a cold and forbidding place that is covered in ice and snow for most of the year. Yet each spring the Arctic becomes a land of unforgettable be… OL21042575W
Cold Cold Bill Streever From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to "The Year Without Summer," Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-lo… OL5941929W