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Books of general interest
The following is a short selection of books of general interest.
Many of these are available from the SPRI Shop.
- Dowdeswell, J.A. and Hambrey, M.J., 2002. Islands of the Arctic. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 288 pp.
- Stonehouse, B., (Editor), 2002. Encyclopaedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, John Wiley, 391 pp.
- Swithinbank, C.W.M. 2002. Vodka on ice: a year with the Russians in Antarctica. Lewes, Book Guild Ltd., 165 pp.
- Brody, H., 2001. The other side of Eden: hunter-gatherers, farmers and the shaping of the world. London, Faber and Faber, 374 pp.
- Brody, H. and Nicklen, P., 2000. Seasons of the Arctic. Vancouver, Greystone Books.
- Kent, N., 2000. The soul of the North: a social, architectural and cultural history of the Nordic Countries, 1700-1940. London, Reaktion Books, 416 pp.
- Stonehouse, B., 2000. The last continent: discovering Antarctica. Burgh Castle, Shuttlewood Collinson Books, 278 pp.
- Swithinbank, C.W.M. 1999. Foothold on Antarctica: The first international expedition (1949-1952) through the eyes of its youngest member. Lewes, Book Guild Ltd., 260 pp.
- Riffenburgh, B. and Cruwys, L., 1998. The photographs of H.G. Ponting. London, The Discovery Gallery, 136 pp.
- Swithinbank, C.W.M., 1998. Forty years on ice: a lifetime of exploration and research in the polar regions. Lewes, Book Guild Ltd., 228 pp.
- Swithinbank, C.W.M., 1997. An alien in Antarctica: reflections upon forty years of exploration and research on the frozen continent. Blacksburg, VA, McDonald & Woodward, 214 pp.
- Marcus, A.R., 1995. Relocating Eden: the image and politics of Inuit exile in the Canadian Arctic. Hanover, NH, University Press of New England, 272 pp..
- Vitebsky, P., 1995. The Shaman. London, Macmillan, 184 pp.
- Holland, C.A., 1994. Arctic exploration and development c. 500 B.C. to 1915: an encyclopedia. New York, Garland Publishing Inc., 704 pp.
- Holland, C.A., (Editor), 1994. Farthest North: the quest for the North Pole. London, Robinson Publishing.
- Meadows, J., Mills, W.J. and King, H.G.R., 1994. The Antarctic. Oxford, Clio Press, 383 pp.
- Riffenburgh, B., 1993. The myth of the explorer: the press, sensationalism, and geographical discovery. London, Belhaven Press, 226 pp.
- Nuttall, M., 1992. Arctic homeland: kinship, community and development in northwest Greenland. London, Belhaven Press, 194 p.
- Harris, C. M. and Stonehouse, B., (Editors), 1991. Antarctica and Global Climatic Change. London, Belhaven Press, 198 pp.
- Stonehouse, B., 1990. North Pole, South Pole: a guide to the ecology and resources of the Arctic and Antarctic. London, Prion, 216 pp.
- Headland, R.K., 1989. Chronological list of Antarctic expeditions and related historical events. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 730 pp.