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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF POLAR FISHES. Anthony P. Farrell and John F. Steffensen (Editors). 2005. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press. xii + 396 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-12-350446-5. £63.00; $US99.95; EUR 91.95
Keiron Fraser
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16 January 2007, pp. 77-78
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Confirmation of the identity of the wreck of the steamer Chelyuskin
William Barr
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01 July 2007, pp. 275-276
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The two components recovered from a sunken wreck on the bed of the Chukchi Sea in September 2006 have been identified by experts as having come from the Soviet steamer Chelyuskin. They were displayed at an exhibition that opened on 13 February 2007, and was attended by the two surviving members of the complement of Chelyuskin.

Improving communications at Port Lockroy
Jonathan Selby
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28 March 2007, pp. 177-178
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New communications equipment has been installed at Port Lockroy with the aim of rendering more efficient the booking system for visits by cruise ships and other vessels.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ANTARCTIC. Beau Riffenburgh (Editor). New York: Routledge. 2 volumes: xxxix + 580 + 86; xxxix + 566 + 86 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-415-97024-5. £285.00
Peter W. Carey
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01 October 2007, pp. 369-370
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THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF FENNOSCANDIA. Matti Seppälä (Editor). 2005. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xxxii + 432 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-19-924590-8. £130.00
Boris Winterhalter
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16 January 2007, pp. 78-80
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THE LOST MEN: THE HARROWING SAGA OF SHACKLETON'S ROSS SEA PARTY. Kelly Tyler-Lewis. New York: Viking; London: Bloomsbury. xvii + 366 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-670-03412-6; 0-7475-6926-6. $US25.95; £18.99
David Walton
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01 July 2007, pp. 277-278
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DANGEROUS PASSAGE: ISSUES IN THE ARCTIC. Gerard Kenney. 2006. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books. xii + 211 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 1-897045-13-1. $Can24.95; $US19.95
Ian R. Stone
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01 October 2007, pp. 370-371
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POLAR REMOTE SENSING, VOLUME 1: ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS. Dan Lubin and Robert Massom. 2006. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer/Praxis. xlii + 756 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 3-540-43097-0. £138.50; US$179.00; EUR 179.95
W. G. Rees
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28 March 2007, pp. 179-181
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THE S.S.TERRA NOVA(1884–1943): FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE ANTARCTIC, WHALER, SEALER AND POLAR EXPLORATION SHIP. Michael C. Tarver. 2006. Brixham, Devon: Pendragon Maritime Publications. 256 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-9552208-0-7. £30.00
David M. Wilson
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16 January 2007, pp. 80-81
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NORTH-EAST PASSAGE TO MUSCOVY: STEPHEN BOROUGH AND THE FIRST TUDOR EXPLORATIONS. Kit Mayers. 2005. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. xiv + 241 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7509-4069-7. £20.00
Jens Petter Nielsen
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28 March 2007, pp. 181-182
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ENDING IN ICE: THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA AND TRAGIC EXPEDITION OF ALFRED WEGENER. Roger M. McCoy. 2006. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii + 194 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-19-518857-8. £17.99
Beau Riffenburgh
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01 October 2007, pp. 371-374
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ARCTIC WILDLIFE. Richard Sale. 2006. London: Christopher Helm. 464 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7136-7039-8. £40.00
Liz Cruwys
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01 July 2007, pp. 278-279
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WHALING IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES 1904–1931: A HISTORY OF SHORE AND BAY-BASED WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC. Ian B. Hart. 2006. Newton St Margarets, Hertfordshire: Pequena. vxi + 365 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-9552924-0-09. £25.00
Bjørn L. Basberg
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28 March 2007, pp. 182-184
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REMOTE SENSING OF SNOW AND ICE. W. Gareth Rees. 2005. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. xx + 285 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-415-29831-8. £56.99; US$99.50
A.P.R. Cooper
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16 January 2007, pp. 81-82
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LA ANTÁRTICA Y EL AÑO GEOFÍSICO INTERNACIONAL: PERCEPCIONES DESDE FUENTES CHILENAS, 1954–1958. M. Consuelo León Wöppke, Jara Fernández Mauricio, Kendall Moore Jason, Llanos Sierra Nelson, and Mancilla Gonzalez Pablo (Editors). 2006. Valparaiso, Chile: Editorial Puntángeles Universidad de Playa Ancha. 218 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 956-310-324-6.
Adrian Howkins
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01 July 2007, pp. 279-280
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AFTERLANDS: A NOVEL. Steven Heighton. 2006. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. 406 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN: 0-618-13934-6. $US25.00
Elizabeth Leane
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01 October 2007, pp. 374-375
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SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE POLITICS OF WHALING. Michael Heazle. 2006. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press; Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press. xii + 260 p, hard cover. ISBN 0-295-98605-0. £38.95; $US60.00
Martin Holdgate
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01 October 2007, pp. 375-376
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CIRCUMPOLAR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD: A COMPARATIVE ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY OF GENDER AND SUBSISTENCE. Robert Jarvenpa and Hetty Jo Brumbach (Editors). 2006. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. xiv + 330 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-8032-2606-3. £35.00
Pamela Stern
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28 March 2007, pp. 184-185
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WILDLIFE AWARENESS MANUAL: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. C.M. Harris (Editor). 2006. Cambridge: Environmental Research and Assessment. 136 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-9552205-0-5. Free to qualifying polar libraries. Otherwise £15.00
Ian R. Stone
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16 January 2007, pp. 82-83
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THE BEST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD: ADVENTURES IN CANADA'S HIGH ARCTIC. Jim Lotz. 2006. East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press. 224 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 1-895900-76-X. $Can19.95.
Ian R. Stone
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01 July 2007, pp. 280-281
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF POLAR FISHES. Anthony P. Farrell and John F. Steffensen (Editors). 2005. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press. xii + 396 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-12-350446-5. £63.00; $US99.95; EUR 91.95

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Confirmation of the identity of the wreck of the steamer Chelyuskin

Improving communications at Port Lockroy

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ANTARCTIC. Beau Riffenburgh (Editor). New York: Routledge. 2 volumes: xxxix + 580 + 86; xxxix + 566 + 86 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-415-97024-5. £285.00

THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF FENNOSCANDIA. Matti Seppälä (Editor). 2005. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xxxii + 432 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-19-924590-8. £130.00

THE LOST MEN: THE HARROWING SAGA OF SHACKLETON'S ROSS SEA PARTY. Kelly Tyler-Lewis. New York: Viking; London: Bloomsbury. xvii + 366 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-670-03412-6; 0-7475-6926-6. $US25.95; £18.99

DANGEROUS PASSAGE: ISSUES IN THE ARCTIC. Gerard Kenney. 2006. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books. xii + 211 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 1-897045-13-1. $Can24.95; $US19.95

POLAR REMOTE SENSING, VOLUME 1: ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS. Dan Lubin and Robert Massom. 2006. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer/Praxis. xlii + 756 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 3-540-43097-0. £138.50; US$179.00; EUR 179.95

THE S.S.TERRA NOVA(1884–1943): FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE ANTARCTIC, WHALER, SEALER AND POLAR EXPLORATION SHIP. Michael C. Tarver. 2006. Brixham, Devon: Pendragon Maritime Publications. 256 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-9552208-0-7. £30.00

NORTH-EAST PASSAGE TO MUSCOVY: STEPHEN BOROUGH AND THE FIRST TUDOR EXPLORATIONS. Kit Mayers. 2005. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. xiv + 241 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7509-4069-7. £20.00

ENDING IN ICE: THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA AND TRAGIC EXPEDITION OF ALFRED WEGENER. Roger M. McCoy. 2006. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii + 194 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-19-518857-8. £17.99

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ARCTIC WILDLIFE. Richard Sale. 2006. London: Christopher Helm. 464 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7136-7039-8. £40.00

WHALING IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES 1904–1931: A HISTORY OF SHORE AND BAY-BASED WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC. Ian B. Hart. 2006. Newton St Margarets, Hertfordshire: Pequena. vxi + 365 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-9552924-0-09. £25.00

REMOTE SENSING OF SNOW AND ICE. W. Gareth Rees. 2005. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. xx + 285 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-415-29831-8. £56.99; US$99.50

AFTERLANDS: A NOVEL. Steven Heighton. 2006. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. 406 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN: 0-618-13934-6. $US25.00

SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE POLITICS OF WHALING. Michael Heazle. 2006. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press; Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press. xii + 260 p, hard cover. ISBN 0-295-98605-0. £38.95; $US60.00

CIRCUMPOLAR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD: A COMPARATIVE ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY OF GENDER AND SUBSISTENCE. Robert Jarvenpa and Hetty Jo Brumbach (Editors). 2006. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. xiv + 330 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-8032-2606-3. £35.00

WILDLIFE AWARENESS MANUAL: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. C.M. Harris (Editor). 2006. Cambridge: Environmental Research and Assessment. 136 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-9552205-0-5. Free to qualifying polar libraries. Otherwise £15.00

THE BEST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD: ADVENTURES IN CANADA'S HIGH ARCTIC. Jim Lotz. 2006. East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press. 224 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 1-895900-76-X. $Can19.95.

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