Author: Robert H. Thomas
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Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Author: Pey-Yi Chu
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487501935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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By tracing the English word permafrost back to its Russian roots, this unique intellectual history uncovers the multiple, contested meanings of permafrost as a scientific idea and environmental phenomenon.

Author: Mary R. Tahan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319672681
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903. This biography highlights Sobral's personal thoughts on the mission, his position, the science being discovered, and the geopolitical situation around him. The reader also learns about the state of science, Antarctic exploration, and cultural-political-issues at that time. The author's critical and contextual analysis of the diary explains more about Sobral and his role in Argentina, Antarctica, science and history. This paints a detailed picture of Sobral as an individual, and provides the framework to depict the world in which Sobral lived and worked as well as his expedition and accomplishments. The book aims to explain the context of Sobral's writings, the significance of the events he described in his diary entries, and the way all of these events tied into history and scientific discovery.

Author: Gordon Elliott Fogg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361132
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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This is the first book to draw together a history of science in Antarctica.

Author: Karen N. Scott
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1788119592
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 505

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This timely Research Handbook explores the concept of polar law as a coherent body of law and as a set of rules and principles that applies to both the Arctic and Antarctic. It captures the evolution of polar law and policy, identifying future directions for research in this emerging and growing field.

Author: Hajo Eicken
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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As much as one-tenth of the world’s oceans are covered with sea ice, or frozen ocean water, at some point during the annual cycle. Sea ice thus plays an important, often defining, role in the natural environment and the global climate system. This book is a global look at the changes in sea ice and the tools and techniques used to measure and record those changes. The first comprehensive research done on sea-ice field techniques, this volume will be indispensable for the study of northern sea ice and a must-have for scientists in the field of climate change research.

Author: World Data Center A--Oceanography
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: Peter Lourie
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547283059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 85

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Young readers can follow scientists as they scan the Alaskan wilderness for these magnificent creatures. Full color.

Author: National Science Board (U.S.). Committee on the NSF Role in Polar Regions
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Final report which examines the NSF role in polar regions and offers 15 specific recommendations to assist the NSF in fulfilling its primary responsibility for polar science and strengthen U.S. research and presence in the polar regions.