No comments about Of Dogs and Men: Fifty Years in the Antarctic.

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1 comments about Arctic Discoveries: Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North.

1. Books of photographs can all too often depict nothing more than a surface prettiness. This is not the case with Arctic Discoveries: Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North. As well as being beautiful, the images and layout give not only the appearance of the landscape but also the very feel of it, in an emotional sense. Taken from John Bockstoce's many trips the photographs cover the Arctic from the Diomede Islands, between the Chukchi and Bering Seas in the western Arctic, to Spitsbergen, the Faeroe Islands, the Shetland Islands in the eastern Arctic, with Greenland, Iceland, Labrador, and the Canadian Arctic in between. Really, how much more romantic can you get? There is enough description with the photographs to give a clear idea of the locations, and the text enhances and does not overwhelm the eloquence and elegance of the images themselves.

No comments about Raw Earth: Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Iceland, New Zealand and Vanuatu.

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1 comments about Shackleton and the Lost Antarctic Expedition (Graphic Library).

1. Ernst Shackleton was an explorer of the South Pole who never really made it. He kept trying and on his third try he failed and began a story of great adventure. He swore he wouldn't leave any man to die and he saved them all. That is the big story of this amazing life and death story where everybody managed to live. I like this series because it allows my ESOL students to learn to read English while learning American History. The graphics helps a lot.

1 comments about WILD ICE : Antarctic Journeys.

1. If ever you have considered visiting Antarctica - for whatever reasons, this is the one book which will answer those questions which we, until now, unanswered.
   
   It says much for this work - which is described as a voyage of images and reflections by four explorers and photographers, that the final copyright of the book itself is shown as belonging to the Smithsonian Institute. A sign of quality in itself. It would be easy to describe those images as "Outstanding" or "Stunning" - and so they are, but those words are too frequently used for lesser photographs.
   
   This is a book which explains the Antarctic in a way in which it has not been explained before. It does so with an excellent mix of text and photography which, as I have said, answers those questions that until now remained unanswered.
   
   If all you want is to know something about Antarctica - then stop and pick up this book. You will not be disappointed.
   
   NM

No comments about In a Crystal Land: Canadian Explorers in Antarctica.

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