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Volume 28 - Issue 164 - January 1992

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Northern Waters - The Soviet Maritime Arctic. L. Brigham (editor). 1991. London, Belhaven Press and Scott Polar Research Institute. (Polar Research Series). 336 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 1-85293-169-8. £37.50.

Why Study Antarctica? - Why Study Antarctica?P. J. Beck 1991. Surrey, Apex Centre, Kingston Polytechnic. 65 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 1-873152-15-9. £9.00.

Northern Regions Compared - The Challenge of Northern Regions. Jull Peter and S. Roberts (editors). 1991. Darwin, North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University.

More on the Franklin Mystery - Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: The Inuittestimony. D. Woodman 1991. Montreal and Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press. 390 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7735-0833-3. £25.00 Can$29.95.

Seen from the Sky - Satellite Remote Sensing of Polar Regions. R. Massom. 1991. London, Belhaven Press and Scott Polar Research Institute. (Polar Research Series). 307 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 1-85293-179-5. £39.50.

Southern Volcanoes - Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. W. E. LeMasurier and J. W. Thomson (editors). 1990. Washington, American Geophysical Union (Antarctic Research Series 48). 487 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.

Iceland in Decline - Nature and Policy in Iceland 1400–1800: An Anthropologicalanalysis of History and Mentality. Kirstein Hastrup. 1990. Oxford, Clarendon Press367 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-19-827728-8. £35.00.

Herding in Perspective - The World of Pastoralism: Herding Systems in Comparative Perspective. J. Galaty and D. L. Johnson (editors). 1990. London, Guilford Press and Belhaven Press. 436 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 1-85293-176-0.

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Northwest Passage: The Quest for an Arctic Route to the East. E. Struzik and M. Beedell 1991. London, Blandford Press. 152 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-7137-2246-0. £16.95.

The State of the Arctic Environment. Prepared by M. Nenonen 1991. Rovaniemi, University of Lapland. 405 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 951-634-231-0.

Back from the Brink: The Road to Muskox Conservation in the Northwest Territories. W. Barr 1991. Calgary, University of Calgary (Komatik Series 3). 127 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-919034-67-5. Can$23.00 including postage.

Seaweeds of the British Isles: Vol 2 Chlorophyta. E. M. Burrows 1991. London, Natural History Museum. 238 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-565-00981-8. £27.00.

From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement. A. A. A. Harrison Y. A. Clearwater and C. P. McKay (editors). Berlin, Springer Verlag. 410 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 3-540-97310-9. DM78.00.

Genetic Ecology of Whales and Dolphins. A. R. Hoelzel (editor). Cambridge, International Whaling Commission (Special issue 13). 311 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-906975-25-5. £30.00. (US$62.00)including postage.

Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation. R. P. Sharp 1991. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 255 pages, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-521-40740-0. £15.95.

Mawson's Papers. M. Innes and H. Duff (compilers). 1991. Adelaide, Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research. 302 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 0-86396-107-X. A$49.00 including postage.

The Campus Site: A Prehistoric Camp at Fairbanks, Alaska. C. M. Mobley 1991. Fairbanks, University of Alasda Press. 104 p, illustrated, soft cover. ISBN 912006-52-8. US$22.00 including postage.

Directory of Expertise in Australia: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. D. J. Lyons (compiler). 1991. Hobart, Instritute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies. 53 p, illustrated, soft cover. $10.00 including postage.

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