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Recent additions and price changes noted in this color Geologic Survey of Canada Publications B 151 / Blackadar, R. G. / PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF BOOTHIA PENINSULA, SOMERSET ISLAND, AND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, Ottawa, 1967, pb, 62 pages, 2 maps (in pocket), 7 plates, 3 figs., - 3 -, $ 25 B 216 / Church, M. / BAFFIN ISLAND SANDURS: A STUDY OF ARCTIC FLUVIAL PROCESSES, Ottawa, 1972, pb in slipcase with 7 plates in pocket, 208 pages, - 3 -, $ 45 P 60-5 / Tozer, E. T. / SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY, CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO, Ottawa, 1960, pb, 24 pages, 6 figs., correlation chart, - 5 -, $ 9 P 60-7 / Thorsteinsson, R. and Tozer, E. T. / SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO SINCE PRECAMBRIAN TIME, Ottawa, 1960, pb, 25 pages, 4 figs. (2 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 16 P 61-1 / Harker, P. / SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN FORMATIONS, SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, Ottawa, 1961, pb, 7 pages, - 5 -, $ 5 P 62-10 / Christie, R. L. / NORTHEASTERN ELLESMERE ISLAND, DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, Ottawa, 1962, pb, 15 pages, 1 map (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 10 P 63-30 / Tozer, E. T. / MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY, WESTERN ELLESMERE ISLAND AND AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND, DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, Ottawa, 1963, pb, 38 pages, 2 tables, - 5 -, $ 12 P 66-16 / Mountjoy, E. W. / UPPER CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY, NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY AND NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT OF MACKENZIE, Ottawa, 1967, pb, 70 pages, 2 figs., 2 appendices, addendum, - 5 -, $ 12 P 66-47 / Blackadar, R. G. / GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE, SOUTHERN BAFFIN ISLAND, DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, Ottawa, 1967, pb, 32 pages, 1 figure, 3 maps (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 32 P 67-27 / Kerr, J. Wm. / STRATIGRAPHY OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ELLESMERE ISLAND, ARCTIC CANADA, Part II - Ordovician, Ottawa, 1968, pb, 92 pages, 10 figs., 5 plates, 2 tables (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 28 Map 10-1968 / SOUTHWESTERN ELLESMERE ISLAND, DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, in two folded sheets, 1:125,000 scale, - 5 -, $ 8 Miscellaneous Publications relating to the Canadian Arctic Aiken, J. D. and Glass, D. J., Ed. / CANADIAN ARCTIC GEOLOGY, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of the Canadian Arctic, Geological Association of Canada and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Saskatoon, 1973, cl, 368 pages, 124 figs., 16 tables, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 60 Brower, C. D. / FIFTY YEARS BELOW ZERO, A LIFETIME OF ADVENTURE IN THE FAR NORTH, New York, 1942, 310 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 Dieck, H., Ed. / THE MARVELOUS WONDERS OF THE POLAR WORLD BEING A COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES IN THE POLAR REGIONS including the Expeditions of Sir John Franklin, Lieut. Dehaven, Dr. Kane, Dr. Hayes, Admiral Rogers, Capt. Hall; Lieut. Schwatka’s three-thousand-mile Sledge journey; the Cruise and Loss of the Jeannette, the Fate of Delong, and rescue of Danenhower and Melville; Closing with a Full History of the Greely Expedition, being a record of Unparalleled Adventure, Suffering and Death, Detroit, 1885, cl[2], portions of original covers placed onto new cloth boards, fine gold-leaf inscriptions on front cover, 527 pages - Arctic and 200 pages - Antarctic, gold leaf on page edges, - 3 -, $ 195 Govorukha, L. S. and Kruchinin, Yu. A. / PROBLEMS OF PHYSIOGRAPHIC ZONING OFPOLAR LANDS, New Delhi, 1981, pb, 242 pages, - 2 -, $ 45 [Contains 12 studies on classifying landscapes, determination of boundaries, climatic zoning, morphological strucutures, more...] Greely, A. W. / THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-1884 AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH, New York, 1886, cl, 1886, Volume 1 - 428 pages, volume 2 - 444 pages, - 3 -, $ 500 [Bound in original pictorial blue cloth wood cut plates and illustrations in text from drawings and maps, 4 maps (1 folding), large folding colored map in rear pocket volume II; Narrative of the United States expedition based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay on the east coast of Ellesmere Island. The expedition explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound. After the failure of relief ships, the party made they way to Cape Sabine, Smith Sound were seven survivors were rescued. Includes accounts of the battle with the ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of the territory explored] Hartwig, G. / HEROS OF THE POLAR WORLD FROM “THE POLAR WORLD,” with 19 iilustrations, London, 1888, cl, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 Kane, E. K. / ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS [2nd Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin] IN THE YEARS 1853 - 1855, Volume 1 only, Philadelphia, 1856, cl, 464 pages, slight foxing on title page, text in very good condition, green cloth binding with some wear, - 3 -, $ 45 Kane, E. K. / ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS IN THE YEARS 1853 - 1854 - 1855, THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, in two volumes, Philadelphia, 1857, volume one with 464 pages and volume two with 467 pages, illustrated with more than 300 wood engravings, exterior has wear especially on spines, volume 1 with a crack along edge of spine (glued down), contents good, map included in back of volume 2, - 3 -, $ 85 Lachenbruch,, A. H. / MECHANICS OF THERMAL CONTRACTION CRACKS AND ICE-WEDGE POLYGONS IN PERMAFROST, GOA SP 70, New York, 1972, pb, 69 pages, 13 figs., 2 plates, 4 tables, - 3 -, $ 15 MacMillan, D. B. / ETAH AND BEYOND OR LIFE WITHIN TWELVE DEGREES OF THE POLE, Boston, 1927, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 Mudge, Z. A. / NORTH-POLE VOYAGES: EMBRACING SKETCHES OF THE IMPORTANT FACTS AND INCIDENTS IN THE LATEST AMERICAN EFFORTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE, with 5 illustrations, New York, 1875, cl, 390 pages, - 3 -, $ 175 Oldow, J. S. and Lallemant, H. G. A., Ed. / ARCHITECTURE OF THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE FOLD AND THRUST BELT, ARCTIC ALASKA, GSA SP 324, Boulder, 1998, pb, 317 pages, - 1 -, $ 36 Peary, R. E., Cook, F. A., and Greeley, A. W. / DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE, “OLD GLORY” THE FIRST FLAG AT THE NORTH POLE, 1909, cl, 432 pages, - 3 -, $ 55 [red boards with gold-leaf lettering, wrinkled spine, usual wear for age, both hinges repaired, several page corners with small chips] Pienitz, R., Douglas, M. S. V., and Smol, J. P., Ed. / LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC LAKES, Developments in Paleoenvironment Research Volume 8, Dordrecht, 2004, cl, 562 pages, - 1 -, $ 159 Pryde, D. / NUNAGA: TEN YEARS OF ESKIMO LIFE, New York, 1971, cl, 285 pages, - 3 -, $ 28 Treshnikov, A. F., Ed. / PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC, Volumes 33 - 35, Translated from Russian, Jerusalem, 1973, pb, - 3 -, $ 48 [A collection of 59 papers which deal with the effects of cold, weather, ice thickness, ice movements, salinity, etc] Treshnikov, A. F., Ed. / PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC, Volumes 36 - 37, Translated from Russian, Jerusalem, 1970, cl, - 3 -, $ 45 [Contains 19 papers concerning various investigations on ice forecasting, long-range meteorological forecasts, Siberian Rivers and Arctic Seas, History of Polar Countries, more....] Treshnikov, A. F., Ed. / PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC, Volume 41, Translated from Russian, Jerusalem, 1975, cl, - 3 -, $ 45 [Contains 14 papers studying relationships, processes, velocities, more....with some additional notes and information] Treshnikov, A. F., Ed. / PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC AND THE ANTARCTIC, Volume 49, Translated from Russian, Jerusalem, 1970, cl, - 3 -, $ 45 [Contains 18 papers studying meteorological forecasting, atmospheric processes, heat exchange, long-period tides, algae in the fast ice, more....with reviews and additional information] Trettin, H. P. / GEOLOGY OF THE INNUITIAN OROGEN AND ARCTIC PLATFORM OF CANADA AND GREENLAND, GSA DNAG Volume E, Ottawa, cl, 569 pages, 9 figures in separate slipcase, - 1 -, $ 95 Washburn, A. L. / PLUGS AND CIRCLES: A BASIC FORM OF PATTERNED GROUND, CORNWALLIS ISLAND, ARCTIC CANADA - ORIGIN AND IMPLICATIONS, GSA M 190, Boulder, 1977, cl, 87 pages, - 1 -, $ 32

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