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1-800-Moncton. An article on call centres in Canadian Geographic, Vol.115, No.4, July/August 1995

By: CORMIER, Michael. Canadian Geographic, Vol. 115, No. 4 BUTALA, Sharon GILLMORE, Don

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Canadian Geographic, Vanier, Ontario, 1995,

Seller ID: 83342

CORMIER, Michael. "1-800-Moncton." An article on call centres in Canadian Geographic, Vol.115, No.4, July/August 1995, pp 24-34, with photos by André Gallant. Vanier, Ontario : Canadian Geographic, 1995. Pp [1]-82. Illustrated. Double column. Large 8vo, illustrated wrappers. Also, Sharon Butala's "Saskatchewan's Treasured Baadlands" (pp 36-44); Don Gillmore's "Promised Land" [Underground Railway] (pp 46-55); David F. Pelly's "Treasures of an Arctic Artist" [sketchbooks of explorer George Black] (pp 56-62). Very good to fine. For the issue 5.00
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2182 kHz : a novel. 1st US pr in dj

By: MASIEL, David.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Random House, New York, 2002, ISBN:0375506063

Seller ID: 80275

MASIEL, David. 2182 kHz : a novel. New York : Random House, (2002). First Printing. Pp (8),[1]-294,(2). 8 vo, white cloth spine with white paper covered boards, grey lettering to spine. "By all accounts, Henry Seine should have packed it in long ago, certainly before he started scanning marine distress channels for fun. But sixteen-hour days spent hauling heavy cargo aboard tugs and icebreakers along the frozen arctic offshore (not to mention smoking copious amounts of Cannabis indica) can warp a man's sense of reality. Desperate for real human contact, he tunes the sideband radio to 2182...
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58 Degrees North : The Mysterious Sinking of the Arctic Rose. in dj.

By: KUGIYA, Hugo

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York, 2005, ISBN:9781582342863

Seller ID: 81502

KUGIYA, Hugo. 58 Degrees North : The Mysterious Sinking of the Arctic Rose . (New York): Bloomsbury, (2005). First American Printing. Pp. (6),[1]-265,(1). 8vo, blue cloth spine with black paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. The case of the 2001 loss of the industrial fishing trawler Arctic Rose, which sank in the Bering Sea. "The Arctic Rose sank so abruptly, inthe middle of the night, that there was no time for the crew to put on sur vival suits or call for help. All fifteen men aboard were killed. To the baffled authorities, the cause of the sinking was a mystery. There were n...
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A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. Reprint in dust jacket.

By: BARROW, John LLOYD, Christopher (intro.)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: David & Charles Reprints, Newton Abbot, 1971 : 1971

Seller ID: 28040

ISBN-13: 9780715349519

BARROW, John. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions (1818) ; Undertaken chiefly for tthe purpose of discovering a North-East, North-West Passage or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. A Reprint with a new Introduction by Christopher Lloyd. (Newton Abbot) : David & Charles Reprints, (1971). "Printed in Great Britain by Latimer Trend & Company Limited". Pp. (i)-x, [4, including 1 folding map], (1)-379, (1)-48, [3]. 8vo (145 x 221 mm), blue cloth, with light blue cloth title panel to spine, with gilt lettering to spine. Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., F....
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Abner Who? Baseball's Canadian Roots. An article in The Beaver : ExploringCanada's History, Vol. 74:5, October/November 1994

By: KEARNEY, Mark Beaver : Exploring Canada's History, Vol. 74:5, October/November 1994 FOWLER, Marian NORTON, Wayne

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Canada's National History Society, Winnipeg, 1994,

Seller ID: 83388

KEARNEY, Mark. “Abner Who? Baseball's Canadian Roots.” An article in The Beaver : Exploring Canada's History, Vol. 74:5, October/November 1994, pp 12-17 with 4 illustrations. Winnipeg : Canada's National History Society, 1994. For the whole issue, pp [1]-56. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. Large 8vo, illustrated tan stapled card covers. Other articles : Graham A. MacDonald's “Baraga : A Habsberg Prelate in the New World” (pp 4-11); Marian Fowler's “High Priestess of It” [about the “It” girl] (pp 18-25); Wayne Norton's“Well Pleased With The Country : British Farmers on the Grand Tour” (pp 26 ...
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Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Military : Historical Perspectives. Third Printing.

By: LACKENBAUER, P. Whitney and Craig Leslie MANTLE. HORN, Bernd. GRAVES, Donald E.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Canadian Defence Academy Press, Kingston, Ontario, 2007, ISBN:9780662458777

Seller ID: 115180

LACKENBAUER, P. Whitney and Craig Leslie MANTLE, eds. Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Military : Historical Perspectives. Edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Craig Leslie Mantle. (Kingston, Ontario) : Canadian Defence Academy Press, (2007). Third Printing. Pp. (4),iii-xxv,(1),1-266,(2). 8vo, art-illustrated dark card covers, white lettering to front and spine. "The historical relationships between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian military have evolved over the last four centuries. This unique volume traces the development of these associations from the early days of New France to t...
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Aboriginal Peoples and the Law : Indian, Metis and Inuit Rights in Canada. Hardcover

By: MORSE, Bradford W. (ed.) Carleton Library Series No. 131

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Carleton University Press, Ottawa, 1984, ISBN:0886290198

Seller ID: 106869

MORSE, Bradford W. (ed.). Aboriginal Peoples and the Law : Indian, Metis and Inuit Rights in Canada. Ottawa : Carleton University Press, (1984). Pp (4),v-xlv,(10,1-800. 8vo, grey library cloth, white lettering to spine. Carleton Library Series No. 131. Contents : Chapter 1. Aboriginal peoples and the law (by Bradford W. Morse): 1. The aboriginal peoples in Canada. (a) Who are the aboriginal people? (b) Demographic and economic information. (c) The position of aboriginal families. (d) Conclusion. 2. Further reading. Chapter 2. Aspects of aboriginal rights in international law (by Maureen Davies...
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About Arts and Crafts / Hanannguangait Mikhaanut.

By: Inuit Art).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 1979,

Seller ID: 78897

(Inuit Art). About Arts and Crafts / Hanannguangait Mikhaanut. News for Inuit artists: Spring 1979 / Tusagaksat Inungnut Sanavaktunut : Upimgaksaami 1979. Pp [1]-32. Illustrated. 4to, stapled self-wraps.

Parrallel bilingual texts (English and Innu).

Very good. 15.00
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Acclimatization of Fish and Food Organisms in the Seas of the USSR

By: GARPEVICH, A.F., chief ed. VNIRO Proceedings 76

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Scientific-Technical Information Division, All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries...., Moscow, 1970,

Seller ID: 76941

GARPEVICH, A.F., chief ed. Acclimatization of Fish and Food Organisms in the Seas of the USSR. Moscow: Scientifc-Technical Information Division, All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), 1970.Pp. [1]-276. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and blank spine. VNIRO Proceedings volume LXXVI. Text in Russian, with English chapter summ aries. Bumping to spine ends, else vg. 40.00
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Across Greenland's Ice-Fields : The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap

By: DOUGLAS, M. NANSEN, Fridtjof PEARY

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1897,

Seller ID: 74946

DOUGLAS, M. Across Greenland's Ice-Fields : The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap . London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1897. Pp. [i]-vi,(5),10-218,(2), frontis., including plates. Illustrated. 8vo, decorated blue cloth with gilt tooling to front and spine, gilt lettering to spine. Directed towards young adults, yet eminently readable to the layman, this volume serves as an account of the early arctic voyages to Greenland of Nansen and Peary. Spotting to edges with some light shelfwear, some foxing, inner hinges starting, else vg. 50.00
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Across the Top of the World : The Quest for the Northwest Passage. 1st in dj.

By: DELGADO, James P

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 1999, ISBN:1550547348

Seller ID: 35083

DELGADO, James P. Across the Top of the World : The Quest for the NorthwestPassage. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, (1999). First Printing. Pp 228. Il lustrated. 4to, blue cloth. A handsomely illustrated treatment of the subject ranging from the experiences of the North's native peoples to early European conceptions of the Passage, from Frobisher to the St. Roch, and to today's icebreaker and nuclear submarine conquests. Very good in dustjacket. 24.00
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Across the Top of the World : The Quest for the Northwest Passage. in dj.

By: DELGADO, James P.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Checkmark Books, New York, 1999, ISBN:0816041245

Seller ID: 67494

DELGADO, James P. Across the Top of the World : The Quest for the NorthwestPassage . (NY): Checkmark Books, (1999). Pp. [i]-xii,[1]-228. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, blue cloth with metallic lettering to spine. A handsom ely illustrated treatment of the subject ranging from the experiences of the North's native peoples to early European conceptions of the Passage, fromFrobisher to the St. Roch, and to today's icebreaker and nuclear submarine conquests. Contents: 1. An Archipelago of Ice; 2. The Strait of Anian; 3. First Approaches; 4. British Endeavours; 5. A Push in All Directions; 6. Fra...
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Across the Top of the World : To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker. 1st pr in dj.

By: FISHER, David E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Random House, New York, 1992, ISBN:067941116x

Seller ID: 55477

FISHER, David E. Across the Top of the World : To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker. NY: Random House, (1992). First Printing. Pp. 256 + 8 p. of coloured plates. 8vo, blue cloth spine with blue paper covered boards. "In the summer of 1991 the Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz sailed on the world's first surface voyage across the Arctic Sea to the North Pole, carrying an international roster of one hundred people in luxury to the 'vacant whiteness' that had lured hundreds ofexplorers to their deaths." - from the dj. Vg-fine in dj. 20.00
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Address by The Visitor of the University, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, Colonel the Honourable Sir Leonard Outerbridge, Kt., C.B.E., D.S.O., LL.D., on The "Polaris" Expedition. First Edition

By: OUTERBRIDGE, Leonard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Memorial University, 1956, : 1956

Seller ID: 50224

OUTERBRIDGE, Leonard, Sir. Address by The Visitor of the University, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, Colonel the Honourable Sir Leonard Outerbridge, Kt., C.B.E., D.S.O., LL.D., on The "Polaris" Expedition. Given at Memorial University, March 15th, 1956. [St. John's] : Memorial University, 1956. First Edition. No printer given. Pp. (2),1-15 including 5 plates. 8vo, light tan printed stapled cardcovers. O'Dea 3199. Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge, CC, CBE, DSO, CD, (b. May 6, 1888, Asheville, North Carolina - d. September 6, 1986, St. John's) was the second Lieutenant Governor of Newfoun...
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Admiralty Chart : British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. 1st UK in dj.

By: RITCHIE, G.S

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hollis & Carter, London, 1967,

Seller ID: 96535

RITCHIE, G.S. The Admiralty Chart : British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. London : Hollis & Carter, (1967). First Printing. Pp [i]-xi,(1),[1]-388, frontis + 8 pp plates. Maps. Index. 8vo, grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "In this book, Rear Admiral Ritchie describes just what has lain behind the compilation of those charts - the organisation, the development of surveying techniques, the expeditions, and above all the personalities. Drawing on his own experience as a naval surveyor as well as on the full range of the Admiralty archives, he conveys very clearly to the read...
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Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack.

By: KANE, Elisha Kent KEPHART, Horace (ed.) Outing Adventure Library GRINNELL, Henry)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Outing Publishing Co, New York, 1916,

Seller ID: 67538

KANE, Elisha Kent. Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack. From the History of the First U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Edited by Horace Kephart. NY: Outing Publishing Co., MCMXVI [1916]. Pp 402, including double map frontis. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, drawings to text. 8vo, blue cloth with white lettering to spine and front, also gilt dec. to spine and front. Outing Adventure Library series. Light wear to extremities,top right corner bumped, spine fading, ow vg. 80.00
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Adventure of Wrangel Island. First British Edition

By: STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur KNIGHT, John Irvine

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1926,

Seller ID: 103066

STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur. The Adventure of Wrangel Island. Written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson with the Collaboration of John Irvine Knight upon the Diary of whose Son Errol Lorne Knight The Narrative is Mainly Based. With a Foreword by the Right Hon. L.S. Amery, P.C., M.P. London: Jonathan Cape, (1926).First British Printing. Pp (4),5-416 ) + frontispiece + 15 leaves of plate s + folding color map at rear. 2 maps in text (pp.45-6). 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Mattila A11, Arctic Bibliography 16674, Tourville, Alaska, A bibliography 4314; Ricks, Alaska Bibliography p.209; . O'Dea...
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Adventurers of Bristol. An article about John Cabot and other explorers from Bristol in Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, February, 1933

By: CABOT, John). COLE, Douglas S. Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2 FINNIE, Richard BUCHANAN, Donald W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Canadian Geographical Journal, Ottawa, 1933,

Seller ID: 90300

(CABOT, John). COLE, Douglas S. "Adventurers of Bristol." An article about John Cabot and other explorers from Bristol in Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. VI, No. 2, February, 1933, pp 83-91, illustrated, map. Ottawa: Canadian Geographical Journal, 1933. Pp i-iv,[55]-104,v-xiv. Illustrated. Maps.Double column. 8vo, illustrated pale blue wrappers. Also includes Richard Finnie's “An Arctic Sled Journey” (pp 56-57); Donald W. Buchanan's “Waterton Lakes National Park” (pp 68-82); C.M. Sternberg's “Prehistoric Footprintsin Pace River” [dinosaurs] (pp 92-104). Very good. For the issue 25....
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Adventures of a Sea Hunter : In Search of Famous Shipwrecks.. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: DELGADO, James P. CUSSLER, Clive (foreword)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 2004, ISBN:1553650719

Seller ID: 62935

DELGADO, James P. Adventures of a Sea Hunter : In Search of Famous Shipwrecks. Foreword by Clive Cussler. Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, (2004). First Printing. Pp (10),1-230. Illustrated. 8vo, grey paper covered boards withsilver lettering to spine. Contents: 1. Graveyard of the Pacific: Off Cape Disappointment, Washington ; 2. Pearl Harbor; 3. Sunk by the Atomic Bomb: at Bikini Atoll ; 4. A Cursed Ship: Mutiny on the USS Somers, November 26, 1842; 5. Titanic [pp.62-76]; 6. Carpathia: April 15, 1912; 7. Catherine theGreat's Lost Art: Off Finland, October 4, 1771; 8. Kublai Khan's Lost Flee t...
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After Lands : A Novel. 1st Cdn in dj

By: HEIGHTON, Steven

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, ISBN:0676976778

Seller ID: 66536

HEIGHTON, Steven. After Lands : A Novel. (Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf, (2000). First Edition. Pp. 407. 8vo, green paper covered boards. From the pen of bestselling Canadian author of the The Shadow Boxer. "In 1872 the USS Polaris sailed for the Arctic on a mission to plant the American flag at the North Pole. But the expedition failed and half of the party - nineteen men, women, and children, of various nationalities - were cast adrift on a large ice flow off the coast of Ellesmere Island. From this historical premise, Steven Heighton has shaped a novel that focuses on three of the survivors...
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