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Taking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions - and across decades of lived experience, barry lopez gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that describes his travels to six regions of the world: from western oregon to the high arctic; from the galápagos to the kenyan desert; from botany bay in australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of antarcticahorizon is a revelatory, epic work that voices concern but also hope - a book that makes you see the world differently, and that is the crowning achievement by one of america's great voicesoxfam shop brentwood 'the greatest nature writer in the world an astounding new memoir' sunday times'horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' robert macfarlane, author of underlandfrom the author of the classic arctic dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the encounters that have shaped an extraordinary lifehe is also the greatest travel writerthroughout his journeys - to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe - and via friendships with scientists, archaeologists, artists and local residents, lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across skraeling island in northern canada, the colonialists who plundered central africa, an enlightenment-era englishman who sailed the pacific, a native american emissary who found his way into isolationist japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics
9 €
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They dive under the ice and reach the south pole, captain nemo plants his flag and declares antarctica hisare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe story was serialised and published in the british comic 'look and learn' inthe submarine is then attacked by horrific giant squid (brilliantly drawn by baker) which the crew have to fight1st edition comic includedthese pages were publishedcaptain nemo is seized by one of the huge tentaclesthese pages have never been made commercially available before and are in very fine conditiontwo original pen and ink pages from bill baker's fantastic illustrated adaptation of jules verne's classic science fiction adventure leagues under the sea (vingt mille lieues sous les mers)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe adaptation was so successful it was re-published in in the comic annual 'lion'there is slight yellowing where the original leagues title would have beencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is the artwork for installment 9, in which captain nemo has taken professor aronnax and ned land prisoner on his submarine, the nautilus
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116 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham have you ever wondered: - how do they know how much an aircraft carrier weighs?- how do they get music onto a cd?- how does an electric eel generate electricity?- how do they know how long a second is?- how do penguins stay warm in antarctica?- how do they teach guide dogs to cross at a green light?the answers to these and many other everyday wonders are explainedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow do they measure the heat of distant stars? how do they measure the ozone layer? and how do they know there's going to be another ice age in two thousand years? the answers await withinhow exactly does a thief break into your car and drive off with it in less than a minute? and how do they get hostess twinkies to stay fresh for so long?more how do they do that? also reveals aspects of modern science and the natural world that are often taken for grantedhere, in simple and easy-to-understand terms, are solutions to the riddles of everyday life
3 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilot of rare coins from rollitaly - montessori, fire brigade, flag, carabinieri, galileo, braille; andorra - ; monaco - and un; slovakia - visegrad; estonia - antarctica, centenary baltic countries; latvia - centenary baltic countries, flag; lithuania - centenary baltic countries; luxembourg - universal suffrage; holland - double portrait, th anniversary of the kingdom; spain - avila, euro coinsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lot will be shipped via international registered and insured mail with trackingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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49 €
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9 €
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Rare large late 19th century english diorama, representing shackleton-rowett's last expedition to antarctica inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplaster ice decoration with 3 boats, two three masts and a mixed steamerscene depicting the last episode of the heroic age of the "terra incognita"to pick-up on-site in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
143 €
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Special squares allow you to use the highest mountain on every continent to catch up or encounter the hazards of crossing antarctica, rounding the treacherous cape horn or getting lost in the sahara, amazon or bermuda triangle!
40 €
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Unfortunately in antarctica his toe-tapping talent is deemed peculiar and poor mumble is branded an outcast by the emperor elders and is even accused of causing the mysterious fish famine which is gripping the penguin community and threatening their way of lifecase: ex disc: ex see oxfam website for delivery information read moremumble uses courage, determination and his happy feet to discover the truth, save emperor land and win the heart of his soulmate, gloria (murphy)emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one simple goal in life: to find their soulmates through their own unique heart songmumble (elijah wood), son of memphis (hugh jackman) and norma jean (nicole kidman), is the worst singer in the world but he is a brilliant tap dancerall adrift in a lonely hostile world, he meets the amigos, a wise-cracking comedy crew of latino adelie penguins led by ramon (williams), who think mumble's smooth dance moves are 'accidentally cool' and a great way to impress the chicasthe amigos help him realise the importance of being true to oneself and that being unique is a good thingoxfam bookshop carlisle animated comedy featuring the voices of elijah wood, robin williams and brittany murphymumble decides to leave his family and goes on a journey to determine the real cause of the fish famine so he can prove his innocence
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Hombron served on the french voyage of discovery of dumont d'urville between and to map the perimeter of antarctica with two ships, the astrolabe and the zéléeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikijacques bernard hombron () was a french naval surgeon and naturalist (mainly ornithologist)contains the 4 rare chromolithographs and 21 b/w full-page engravings, protected by tissue papertogether with honoré jacquinot he described new species of plants and animalsthis volume includes descriptions of the travels of la pérouse, bougainville, the murder of captain cook, the pelew islands, the discovery of new zealand, the travels of bontekoe, borneo, algeria, australia and javafour raised bands on the spine, gilt ornamentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe coloured chromolithographs are not present in all editions and are only included in the deluxe edition! pages slightly browned and spotted commensurate with age, otherwise in excellent conditionrare and sought-after and in fine conditionmorocco-leather bindingvolume 2 (of 2) of a very beautiful book about the most recent discoveriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt head and gilt edges
210 €
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A collection of antarctica in an albumare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimainly mnh and marked (with a single hinge) and 5 postcardsplease view these photos to form your own impressionregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeverything has been photographedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
83 €
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Azita - antarctica 6:01azita - life on the fly 4:07azita - just joker blues 4:11azita - miss tony 3:34azita - another kind of trade 6:18azita - in the vicinity 4:31azita - wasn't in the bargain 5:24
5 €
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Oxfam shop dumfries dinosaurs spread their legacy to every corner of the earth--from the frozen tundra of antarctica to the australian outbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing state-of-the-art animation and the cooperation of leading institutions, discover how vast the dinosaur empire grew
3 €
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Tasmania is attached to australia, the north west coast of the us and canada is still mostly a sketch and there is still no sign of antarctica yetare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is the more rare edition of bellin's famous major world map, published in 'histoire générale des voyages'however, there are still the necessary cartographic peculiarities: japan is oddly shaped and it still features the 'terre de la compagne' or the land of the jesuitsthe first edition dates fromin excellent conditionthis version shows the coastlines of australia and new zealand much better, based on the discoveries of thomas cookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteessay d'une carte reduite, contenant les parties connuees du globe terrestre ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available5 cm, page 57 x 74
208 €
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Marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discoverywhat emerges is a whole new understanding of what really happened on the icecutting through the welter of controversy, with the polar journey at the heart of the story huntford weaves a narrative frpm the protagonists explanations of their own fateoxfam shop colne road for the first time ever roland huntford presents each man's account of the race to the south pole in their own wordsfor the first time scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of amundsen and bjaaland, never before translated into englishin , robert falcon scott and roald amundsen set sail for antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the south pole was onsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
8 €
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Global warming is melting the ice in antarcticarivers are dying of industrial pollutionoxfam bookshop wallingford climate change is affecting the world's beautiful landscapessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethirty of these striking photographs were commissioned especially for this bookvanishing landscapes provides different viewpoints on these inconvenient truths from 20 internationally renowned photographers, including robert adams, edward burtynsky, and hiroshi sugimoto, with short commentaries by the artistsslash-and-burn farming practices are destroying forests
27 €
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For the past two decades he has documented wildlife and our relationship with nature in environments from the amazon to antarcticathe photographer: dutch-born frans lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our timethe resulting volume is a glorious picture book of planet earth depicting the amazing biodiversity that surrounds us allexhibits of his photographs have been shown at major museums in paris, milan, tokyo, new york, madrid, and amsterdamfrom crabs to jellyfish, diatoms to vast geological formations, jungles to flowers, monkeys to human embryos, life is a testament to the magical beauty of life in all its forms and is lanting's most remarkable achievement to datelanting's true gift lies beyond his technical mastery: it is his eye for geometry in the beautiful chaos of nature that allows him to show us the world as it has never been seen beforelanting's previous taschen titles include eye to eye, jungles, and penguinhe made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a remote lagoon in western australia, spent time in research collections photographing forms of microscopic life, and even found ways to create visual parallels between the growth of organs in the human body and the patterns seen on the surface of the earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road planet earth, home sweet home in the year , world-renowned wildlife photographer frans lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earthshe collaborates with lanting on fieldwork, books, and other publishing projects from their home base in californiathe editor: christine eckstrom is a writer and editor specializing in natural history
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But what really is silence? where can it be found? and why is it more important now than ever?erling kagge, the norwegian adventurer and polymath, once spent fifty days walking solo in antarctica with a broken radiowhether you're in deep wilderness, taking a shower or on the dance floor, you can experience perfect stillness if you know where to lookand from it grows self-knowledge, gratitude, wonder and much morequietly, wisely, it makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to listen againthis breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the antarctic, climbing everest, or on the train at rush hour' - sir ranulph fiennes'silence braces a space within which we can hear ourselves thinkoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of embracing silencean author for our noisy times, full of a rare and deeply redemptive languor and perspective' alain de botton behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iphone alerts and our ever-spinning thoughts, an elusive notion - silence - lies in wait'as an explorer erling kagge is world class; as a writer he is equally gifteddrawing on the experiences of kagge's extraordinary life in wild places, this is a book of great concentration' - robert macfarlane'erling kagge is a philosophical adventurer - or perhaps an adventurous philosopher' - new york times see oxfam website for delivery information read moretake a deep breath, and prepare to submerge yourself in silencein this meditative, charming and surprisingly powerful book, he explores the power of silence and the importance of shutting out the worldyour own south pole is out there, somewhere
4 €
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No known history very good condition in deed, attractive and interesting badge read more
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Sylvilagus includes 13 wild rabbit species, among them the seven types of cottontailoryctolagus cuniculus includes the european rabbit species and its descendants, the world's 305 breeds[1] of domestic rabbitthe european rabbit, which has been introduced on every continent except antarctica, is familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal and as a domesticated form of livestock and petrabbits are small mammals in the family leporidae (along with the hare) of the order lagomorpha (along with the pika)with its widespread effect on ecologies and cultures, the rabbit (or bunny) is, in many areas of the world, a part of daily life—as food, clothing, a companion, and a source of artistic inspiration
30 €
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5 new event cards! silent aurora antarcticahornet leader expansion 123 new to hornet skills and a skill sheet! new aircraft plus new elite and skilled pilots
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Communications engineers tool and sundries box, which travelled by husky to the antarctica setting up first communications station
25 €
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From antarctica to space, the redmi note series has taken on the worldchallenge your boundaries with redmi note 10 seriesnow it's your turn!our attitude is to challenge and exceed expectations again and again
258 €
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All 7 continents are represented (6 continent puzzle pieces plus stationary antarctica)each puzzle piece (continent) fits into one hole on the globe to make it easy for little ones to placespin your way into geography with this puzzle globe, which highlights landmarks and animals
40 €
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Smythe • seven years in tibet by heinrich harrer • the crossing of antarctica by sir vivian fuchs and sir edmund hillary • high adventure by edmund hillary • the ascent of everest by john hunt • man of everest by (the autobiography of tenzing) told to james ramsey ullman • memoirs of a mountaineer by fspencer chapman • read more• the springs of adventure by wilfred noyce • south col by wilfred noyce • to the unknown mountain by wilfred noyce • hurricane’s wake by ray kauffman • annapurna by maurice herzog • land of tempest by eric shipton • the everest – lhotse adventure by albert eggler • the epic of mount everest by sir francis younghusband • the kangchenjunga adventure by fsmythe • kamet conquered by frank s
40 €
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It is also unique for living so far south in antarcticaafter laying an egg, the female goes back to sea to hunt for fish, leaving the male to look after the eggthe emperor penguin from schleich® wild life is the largest and heaviest penguin specieshe places it on his feet and incubates it under his abdominal creaseemperor penguins don’t build a nest, instead brooding directly on the ice
9 €