Nordenskjold, Otto & Mecking, Ludwig; Joerg, W.L.G. (Editor): THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE POLAR REGIONS; CONSISTING OF A GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POLAR NATURE and A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC. , New York: American Geographical Society, 1928.1st Edition; vi, 359pp, illustrated, figures, maps, b/w photographs. American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 8. Includes chapters on Polar Nature: Climate, Topography, Ice, Soils, Vegetation and Animal life, plus a break down of myriad chapters on the Arctic and Antarctic specifics, including Baffin Island, The Siberian Arctic zone, Polar Urals, Greenland, Spitzbergan, etc. as well as Southern Victoria Land, Ross Sea, The Islands of West Antarctica, The Sub Arctic islands of the Indian ocean, and others. Grey cloth with black and gilt titling on front and spine. Covers faded and grubby, Ex Libris, stamps on feps and title page, contents clean. Good. (Book ref. 1788) £20.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Polar Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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