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Volume 53 - November 2017

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South to Franz Josef Land! Valerian Albanov . 2016. Introduction Sergey O. Frank , foreword Nikita Bolotnikov , translated and edited William Barr . Moscow: Paulsen. 272p, hardcover, illustrated. ISBN 978-5-98797-141-3. 30US$.

Hakapik. Yoanis Menge . 2016. L’Étang-du-nord: Les édition la Morue verte. 168 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN 978-2-924564-02-8. CA$ 59.95.

The magical world of the cold seas. Alexander Semenov . 2016. Moscow: Paulsen. 270 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN 978-5-98797-131-4. US$60.00.

North Atlantic Euroscepticism: the rejection of EU membership in the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Christian Rebhan . 2016. Tórshavn: Froᵭskapur Faroe University Press. 230 p, softcover. ISBN 978-99918-65-76-8. £24.

Global challenges in the Arctic region: sovereignty, environment and geopolitical balance. Elena Conde and Sara Iglesias Sanchez (editors). 2017. Oxon: Routledge. 464 p. ISBN 978-1-472-46325-8. £100.00.

Handbook of the politics of the Arctic. Leif Christian Jensen and Geir Hønneland (editors). 2015. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. xiii + 617 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN 978-0-85793-473-4. £189.00

From ice floes to battlefields. Scott's Antarctics in the first world war. Anne Strathie . 2015. Stroud: The History Press. 224 p, hardcover, illustrated. ISBN 9780750961783. £18.99.

A wretched and precarious situation. David Welky . 2017. New York: W.W. Norton. 502 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN 978-0-393-25441-9. US$28.95

The ice is melting. Ethics in the Arctic. Leif Magne Helgesen , Kim Holmén and Ole Arve Misund (editors). 2015. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 245 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN: 978-82-450-1843-1. NOK 395.

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Canada's Arctic sector claim in historical perspective: a response to Alan MacEachern–PUBLISHER'S NOTE

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The greatest show in the Arctic. The American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898–1905. P.J. Capelotti , 2016. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 634 p, illustrated, hardcover. ISBN 978-0-8661-5222-6. $35.00.

Antarctica. The battle for the seventh continent. Doaa Abdel-Motaal . 2016. Santa Barbara: Praeger Press. 320p, hardcover. ISBN 978-1440848032. $60.00.

South Pole. Nature and culture. Elizabeth Leane . 2016. London: Reaktion Books. 232 p, illustrated, softcover. ISBN 9781780235967. £14.95.

25 years of international Arctic research cooperation. IASC after 25 years. Odd Rogne , Volker Rachold , Louwrens Hacquebord and Robert Corell (editors). 2015. International Arctic Science Committee. 127p, hardcover, illustrated. ISBN: 978-3-9813637-7-7. Free of charge (online).

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