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(many b/w Illustrations, reprint edition 1732,dimensions: 31 x 23 x 7 cm) ... Read more

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Offers a selection of simple techniques designed to promote geographical literacy, explaining how a fundamental knowledge of land and sea formations, climate, contour, maps, and other facts can promote understanding of basic geography.30,000 first printing. ... Read more

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Maybe it would help you get on Jeopardy!
This is a fascinating geography book. Author Joyce Davis tells you things you probably didn't know about all kinds of places. She presents a method of solvinggeographical problems using six simple steps. The last chapter is a kind of "Geography Jeopardy" which tests your knowledge. Try out for the real Jeopardy after reading this. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1855 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London. ... Read more

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An illustrated history of 170 years of Arctic exploration and its effects on indigenous peoples.

Ultima Thule is the terrible and yet fantastic story of European and American exploration in the polar north. Based on excerpts from the explorers' logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony, it brings to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples they found. Today, the outlook for the Inuit and the polar environment is bleak: the people and their landscape are in danger of disappearing for good. But according to Jean Malaurie, the situation is not altogether without hope.

Heavily illustrated with period photographs, engravings, artifacts, and drawings, the book gives the readers the impression of having an entire museum of North Pole history in their hands. 650 color and black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

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Massive, beautiful book of the Inuits, Greenland, and the Arctic
This is a simply stunning work. It's a massive coffee table book full of the expected excellent photography, but also a good deal of text looking at Inuit society, customs, and culture with the constant backdrop of the harsh Arctic climate. A beautiful book with content.

ultima thule: review of polar concerns
this book is exquisitely presented & an in depth analysis of the plight of the polar inuit society by jean maulaurie. very worth while, if you care about these forgotten, and marginalized people....otherwise, go about
making more money and don't bother. thea, dedicated bookworm:) & polar
enthusiast.

Perfect book
This is the ultimate book on Greenland with a sensitive approach to the inuit people. Both breathtaking and informative. Respect of nature, art and people. A masterpiece. ... Read more

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This volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series would present the work that has been done and the understanding and database that have been developed by work on climate change done at all the LTER sites. Global climate change is a central issue facing the world, which is being worked on by a very large number of scientists across a wide range of fields. The LTER sites hold some of the best available data measuring long term impacts and changes in the environment, and the research done at these sites has not previously been made widely available to the broader climate change research community. This book should appeal reasonably widely outside the ecological community, and because it pulls together information from all 20 research sites, it should capture the interest of virtually the entire LTER research community. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / Geography; Social Science / Human Geography; Travel / General; Travel / United States / General; ... Read more

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Using an Earth Model of Intermediate Complexity, experiments are performed during the Holocene to study the seasonality of precipitation in Greenland, the effect on the interpretation of ice core signals, and possible mechanisms that can account for the sudden decrease in temperature seen in ice cores from Greenland 8.2 kyr ago.Throughout the Holocene orbital parameters have changed resulting in an increase of the meridional gradient of the annual mean solar forcing. These changes influence the seasonality of Greenland precipitation. The isotope signal in ice cores are precipitation weighted, meaning that a signal is only recorded when it snows, and a change in the seasonality of precipitation will thus cause a bias in the signal.?O18 records from Greenland ice cores show a large excursion 8.2 kyr ago. It is believed that the event is caused by freshwater discharges originating from the melting of the Laurentide ice sheet.Orbital and freshwater forcings are built into the circulation model ECBilt-CLIO, and the results will give an indication of the ice core bias and the effects on regional and global climate. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qaanaaq (pronounced [qa?na?q], formerly Thule) is the main town in the northern part of the Qaasuitsupmunicipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of the northernmost towns in the world. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak the West Greenlandic language and many also speak Inuktun. The town has a population of 616. The tallest construction in Greenland, the 378-meter Radio Mast Thule, is located near the town. The Qaanaaq area in northern Greenland was first settled 2000 BC by the Paleo-Eskimomigrating from the Canadian Arctic.[4]The town of Qaanaaq was founded when the US extended their current airbase at Thule and the former population of Pituffikwas forced to move out 31 km (19 mi) to the north within four days during the height of the Cold War. ... Read more

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Geological research shows that Greenland is holding naturalresources worth billions of US dollars. During recent yearsthe geographically unique autonomous country has set a newand constitutionally significant political course ? onethat might lead to acquiring stronger independence fromDenmark. Greenland's politicians believe that the country'snatural richness could prove to be highly beneficial toachieve this goal, since ? according to power industry'sexperts ? the island's gas and oil reserves would be enoughto satisfy Europe's energetic needs for years to come. Inorder to find out more about Greenland, its history,economy and main political efforts ? read this book. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qaasuitsup (Greenlandic: Qaasuitsup Kommunia) is a new municipalityin Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. It consists of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement. These include: Kangaatsiaq, Aasiaat, Qasigiannguit, Ilulissat, Qeqertarsuaq, Uummannaq, Upernavik, and Qaanaaq. Its population is 17,867 (as of January 2008). The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat. The main language spoken is Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic), and Inuktun is also spoken in and around Qaanaaq. ... Read more

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Ice calving or iceberg calving is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf or crevasse. The ice that breaks away can be classified as an iceberg, but may also be a growler, bergy bit or a crevasse wall breakaway. Calving of glaciers is often preceded by a loud cracking or booming sound before blocks of ice up to 200 feet high break loose and crash into the water. The entry of the ice into the water causes large, and often hazardous wakes. The wakes formed in locations like Johns Hopkins Glacier can be so large that boats cannot approach closer than two miles. These events have become major tourist attractions in locations such as Alaska. Many glaciers terminate at oceans or freshwater lakes which results naturally with the calving of large numbers of icebergs. Calving of Greenland's glaciers produce 12,000 to 15,000 icebergs each year alone. Calving of ice shelves is usually preceded by a rift. These events are infrequent and not often observed. Etymologically, calving is cognatic with calving as in birthing a calf. ... Read more

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The change in global climate is one of the highlyspeculative aspects in the Northern Hemipsphere,especially the onset of glaciation. Advances andretreats of grounded ice sheets during glacial- interglacial times play an important role in termsof the deposition of large sediment deposits.Depositional patterns on the continental slope andrise reflect interactions between the effects of icesheet fluctuations, mass transport processes andbottom currents. A for the first time applied seismostratigraphy onthe Northeast Greenland margin made it possible todifferentiate between glacial (younger than MiddleMiocene) and pre-glacial (older than Middle Miocene)sediment units. Glacial advances and retreats appearnot to have been synchronous along the continentalmargin. Therefore, either north of 70°N theextension of the shelf by glacial erosion seems tobe more intensive like on the Southeast Greenlandmargin or the onset of glaciation started earlier inthe north than in the south.This study demonstrates the interaction betweensediment accumulation, climatic changes and changesin ocean circulation. ... Read more