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  • Empire Antarctica

    Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

    af Gavin Francis ...
    Serier serie Canons
    WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDGavin Francis spent fourteen months in one of the remotest places in the world: Halley, a research station in Antarctica. Storm-locked and frozen, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter.In the icy emptiness of Antarctica, where one misstep outdoors can mean ... Læs mere

    106,11 kr.

  • Island Dreams

    Mapping an Obsession

    af Gavin Francis ...
    Serier serie Canons
    SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARIn Island Dreams, Gavin Francis combines stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and myth, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness.Francis draws on thirty years of island adventures from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean, from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands. He contrasts these ... Læs mere

    140,24 kr.

  • True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

    af Gavin Francis ...
    Serier serie Canons
    Driven by a yearning to experience the vast skies and frozen beauty of the North, Gavin Francis goes in search of the people living along the northern limits of Europe. From the first Greek explorers to the Vikings to modern polar adventurers, he travels through history and legend to find out why – and how – we are drawn to the North.Francis's encounters in the Arctic teach him as much about that ... Læs mere

    97,11 kr.

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  • Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

    The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth’s most dangerous volcano — Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa — the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic natural disaster — was ... Læs mere

    66,73 kr.

  • Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded

    'Bracingly apocalyptic stuff: atmospheric, chock-full of information and with a constantly escalating sense of pace and tension' Sunday TelegraphSimon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse, his ... Læs mere

    94,33 kr.

  • How To Read Water

    A must-have for all nature lovers - perfect reading for your summer adventures

    Learn how to read the clues and signs of water with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigation----------'A wonderful read . . . It's one of those books that gives you a new pair of eyes to see the world in a different way. I've been transported by it . . . You'll love every minute, the writing is absolutely ... Læs mere

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  • The Secrets of the Titanic

    Oversat af Laura Haydon, Nuanxed ...
    September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres.Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a commander in the French Navy, directed underwater research of part of many expeditions to the wreck, from 1987 until his untimely death in 2023.With hundreds of hours of diving to the liner and more than five thousand ... Læs mere

    78,32 kr.

  • The Breath of the Gods

    The History and Future of the Wind

    “As our climate changes, the force of the wind is set to grow. By looking to the past and the future, Winchester examines the twinned possibilities alive in this bluster: the power of the wind to tear our world apart and its ability to help us travel farther and do more.” — The Washington Post"Epic . . . . A splendidly written account of an unseeable force." — Kirkus Reviews</e... ... Læs mere

    206,65 kr.

  • Antarctica

    An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent

    The acclaimed science writer presents a wide-ranging exploration of Antarctica's history, nature, and global significance in this "rollicking good read" ( Kirkus).From the early expeditions of Ernest Shackleton to David Attenborough's documentary series Frozen Planet, the continent of Antarctica has captured the world's imagination. After the Antarctic Treaty of 1961, decades of scientific ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Ice Diaries

    An Antarctic Memoir

    af Jean McNeil ...
    What do we stand to lose in a world without ice?A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent — Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth that is nobody’s country. Ice Diaries is the story of ... Læs mere

    127,36 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Arctic Dreams

    af Barry Lopez ...
    **AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'A master nature writer' (New York Times) provides the ultimate natural, social and cultural history of the Arctic landscape.The author of Horizon's classic work explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert on our imagination.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANELopez's journey across our frozen planet is a celebration of the Arctic in all ... ... Læs mere

    111,50 kr.

  • Sightlines

    The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered - what is it that we're just not seeing?In this greatly anticipated sequel to Findings, prize-winning poet and renowned nature writer Kathleen Jamie takes a fresh look at her native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to ... Læs mere

    42,81 kr.