Books, Travel, Polar Regions

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Alfred Lansing
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Basic Books (Paperback)

The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip. of photos and maps. Nationwide traveling museum exhibition.

Caroline Alexander
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1998-11-03)

Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
Penguins and Antarctica (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
by Random House Books for Young Readers (Library Binding) (Release Date: 2008-09-23)

HOW DO PENGUINS survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica? How long can an emperor penguin go without food? What other creatures live in the Antarctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the Magic Tree House Research Guide: Penguins and Antarctica.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Jimmy Cornell
World Cruising Routes: Companion to "World Cruising Handbook": 1000 Routes from the South Seas to the Arctic
by Adlard Coles Nautical (Paperback)

A comprehensive guide to nearly 1000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world from the tropical South Seas to the high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It contains information on the winds, currents, and regional and seasonal weather, as well as suggestions concerning optimum times for individual routes. Over 6000 waypoints are provided to assist skippers in planning individual routes.

Peter Heller
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
by Tantor Media (CD)

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm, The Whale Warriors takes us on a hair-raising journey aboard a whale-saving pirate ship with a vigilante crew whose mission is to stop illegal Japanese whaling in the stormy remote seas off Antarctica.

Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)
by Addison Wesley (Hardcover)

This book provides the foundation for understanding the theory and pracitce of compilers. Revised and updated, it reflects the current state of compilation. Every chapter has been completely revised to reflect developments in software engineering, programming languages, and computer architecture that have occurred since 1986, when the last edition published.  The authors, recognizing that few readers will ever go on to construct a compiler, retain their focus on the broader set of problems faced in software design and software development. Computer scientists, developers, and aspiring students that want to learn how to build, maintain, and execute a compiler for a major programming language.

James Campbell
The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness
by Atria (Paperback)

Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than three decades later, Heimo lives with his wife and two daughters approximately 200 miles from civilization -- a sustainable, nomadic life bounded by the migrating caribou, the dangers of swollen rivers, and by the very exigencies of daily existence. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles the Korth family's amazing experience, their adventures, and the tragedy that continues to shape their lives. With a deft voice and in spectacular, at times unimaginable detail, Campbell invites us into Heimo's heartland and home. The Korths wait patiently for a small plane to deliver their provisions, listen to distant chatter on the radio, and go sledding at 44° below zero -- all the while cultivating their hard-learned survival ...

Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback)

The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard—the youngest member of Scott’s team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey—draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scott’s legendary expedition. Cherry himself would be among the search party that discovered the corpses of Scott and his men, who had long since perished from starvation and brutal cold. It is through Cherry’s insightful narrative and keen descriptions that Scott and the other members of the expedition are fully memorialized.

Fridtjof Nansen
Farthest North: The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer
by Skyhorse Publishing (Paperback)

"If Outside magazine had been around during the first turn of the century, Fridtjof Nansen would have been its No. 1 cover boy."—The Chicago Sun-TimesIn September of 1893, Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and crew manned the schooner Fram, intending to drift, frozen in the Arctic pack-ice, to the North Pole. When it became clear that they would miss the pole, Nansen and companion Hjalmar Johansen struck off by themselves. Racing the shrinking pack-ice, they attempted, by dog-sled, to go "farthest north." They survived a winter in a moss hut eating walruses and polar bears, and the public assumed they were dead. In the spring of 1896, after three years of trekking, and having made it to within four degrees of the pole, they returned to safety. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration. 20 b/w photographs.

Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
Magic Tree House Research Guide #16: Polar Bears and the Arctic: A Nonfiction Companion to Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
by Random House Books for Young Readers (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-09-25)

WHY IS THE arctic so cold? How do polar bears cross thin ice? How did people learn to survive in that harsh climate? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Polar Bears and the Arctic, Jack and Annie's guide to the arctic. This is the nonfiction companion to Polar Bears past Bedtime.

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