Best arctic & antarctica history books according to redditors
We found 66 Reddit comments discussing the best arctic & antarctica history books. We ranked the 25 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 66 Reddit comments discussing the best arctic & antarctica history books. We ranked the 25 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I just interviewed Walter Bosley again, should be out in 2 or 3 shows. He says that his dad and uncle were both military men and that occasionally they would tell him about interesting things they knew about.
What they had to say about Antarctica was that an immense hole was found, and inside of it contained ancient machinery. Take that for what it's worth.
I cross my fingers that there is some type of inner earth hole there, but we have a lot of curious clues there is something major there. Atlantis, conceptually, is a good guess. The land mass is technically underwater, right?
I'm super siked for Joseph Farrell's new book: Hess and the Penguins: The Holocaust, Antarctica and the Strange Case of Rudolf Hess
I just read A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic by Peter Wadhams (Cambridge Professor). He thinks we are past the tipping point and need to develop a way of pulling co2 out of the atmosphere.
I've read a lot about Antarctica, some years ago that is, and I really enjoyed this book in particular. I might have to pick this one up because it sounds interesting.
The Karluk was the absolute craziest story. I think this was the book I read about it- highly recommended https://www.amazon.ca/Ice-Master-Doomed-Voyage-Karluk/dp/0786884460
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My favorite comment, he immediately gets accused of 'attempted doxing' but if Axo is a Oxford educated published researcher then I'll just show myself out:
>Are you Joseph P. Farrell?
>https://www.amazon.com/Hess-Penguins-Holocaust-Antarctica-Strange/dp/1939149851
A now-deleted comment on one of Axo's other posts about this pointed out that he copy/pasted from this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Hess-Penguins-Holocaust-Antarctica-Strange/dp/1939149851
I agree with you there shouldn't be an "obligation" to be patriotic, but I'd like to present a different method of evaluation that you might find useful.
First off, I'm sorry you were born in a 3rd world country. That sucks. There's no way around that.
Let's start with a scenario. If your child grew up to be a clerk at a grocery store, would you be proud of them? Would you brag about their accomplishments. Probably not. There's no shame in being a grocery store clerk, but it's also not really an achievement either.
What if they had autism? Then would you be proud? They improved their functionality and communication skills and were able to hold down a part-time job. Would that make you proud.
Sometimes it's about doing the best with the hand you've been dealt.
There's an excellent book I'd like to recommend called Prisoners of Geography. It's short and enlightening. It proposes a theory that most of the macroeconomics and politics of the world can be explained through geography. Why does Russia care about the Crimea peninsula? Because it gives them a warm water port, and water is still the cheapest way of shipping goods. Same reason they invaded Korea a long time ago. Why is Africa so behind economically and technologically? They have almost no navigable rivers that reach into the center of the country, and, again, water is the cheapest way to transport goods. So their geography is what keeps them limited (and why Egypt was able to control so much territory for so long. Thanks Nile River!)
Of course this is not a complete answer, but it's a perspective that has been informing my world view few a couple of years now, and I've found it very helpful.
Look through your country's history. Look at where they are physically, and what they've had to endure. Earthquakes? Tsunamis? Raving-mad dictators? Have their hardships been extreme?
Iceland completely runs on renewable energy. Is that amazing? Yes! But is it beyond belief? Not really, considering how small their population and energy demands are. Their needs are small, so they were able to fit their needs with a better solution.
America is far from 100% renewable energy, but we also have way, way more people. So is it far to use the same metric?
Research your nations history and judge them from that. Judge them from what they were able to accomplish with the resources they had available. The disasters they had to overcome. If you let me know what nation you're from, I'll help you. I'm sure there's something to be proud of.
Nationalism shouldn't be blind, and you've made it clear that you won't be blind to it. But it can be developed through understanding. That's a more secure, hearty type of nationalism that changes countries for the better. Look for that.
Hi OP.
This topic is my niche for International Relations and I actually wrote a paper last year about Russia's interests in the Ukraine Crisis from a neorealist perspective. I've put some sources down below that you might find useful. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions and further discuss the Ukraine Crisis, it is a topic I thoroughly enjoy.
Ukraine Great Power Rivalry from the Carnegie Moscow Center
Russian 'separatism' in Crimea and NATO: Ukraine's big hope,
Russia's grand gamble by Elena Mizrokhi
Illegally Evading Attribution? Russia's Use of Unmarked Troops in Crimea and International Humanitarian Law by Ines Gillich
Russianization of Ukrainian National Security Policy under Viktor Yanukovych by Taras Kuzio
An Analysis of the Cold War Mentality by Charles E. Osgood
Like someone else mentioned, Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Wow, according to my goodreads account, I read The Dispossessed in 2016, but even after reading my review of it, I don't remember the details. That's a shame because I usually love le Guin's books. Have you read The Left Hand of Darkness? It's my favorite of hers. If you haven't, I have some strange advice. Before you read it, I highly recommend that you read the travel logs of both Shackleton and Amundsen for their South Pole expeditions. I just happened to have read those a few months before I read Left Hand, and it made the book so much richer for me; I have no doubt that le Guin was familiar with those travel logs before she wrote that book. I read those logs in this book.
Although it is a "solved" mystery now, this book about the search for the lost John Franklin Arctic Expedition is an excellent look through the whole long history of searches, from early missteps by the Admiralty all the way through the eventual "Hey, what if we actually listened to the Inuit who know exactly where the ships sank" that led to modern discovery: https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Ghosts-Epic-Franklin-Expedition/dp/B06XGZLVT9/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1521215536&sr=8-2 The audiobook is on Audible, but I don't know how easy it is to find anywhere else.
Peter Wadhams said exactly the same thing two years ago in A Farewell to Ice, but nobody sees any reason to listen to a guy who's spent much of the last thirty years in submarines looking at arctic ice.
I would first off recommend checking out the /r/geopolitics Wiki for its page on books. From there, I recommend introductory books that really help explain the geopolitical situation of the world in a cursory fashion. Consider:
For a larger list, I can recommend our 2019 Geopolitical Reading list found here:
Ernest Shakleton's 1914 - 1917 Expedition to the South Pole and everything he and his men went through to be rescued. Wikipedia doesn't do it justice. I recommend this version for reading.
I recommend reading Roland Huntford’s book “The Last Place on Earth” (and/ or the miniseries based upon the book) which describes the race to the South Pole between Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition and Britains Robert Falcon Scott. The Norwegians used sled dogs and Inuit technology and won without a loss, the English used tractors and Siberian Ponies ... and were all lost. Brilliantly told.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375754741/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_3y-3AbRK4221T
Film (not pleased to see the price-gouging but for reference)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RBC5LK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_DE-3Ab3TQ8VJV
Not quite mountaineering disaster books, but still may interest you: Endurance - there are two versions, one is the captain's journal and the other is a nonfiction novel; and No Picnic on Mt Kenya is the autobiography of a man who broke out of a WWII POW camp in order to climb Mt Kenya and then snuck back into the camp
Yeah sure! Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall is a great primer on how geography basically locks us into world political climate we have today.
Solved!
Just found it at the San Francisco LibraryEdge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica
> supportive the populations the countries participating in the sanctions currently are of the whole "Russia is evil, lets sanction them" narrative.
> For example in Canada's case, I would estimate that Harper is more alike to an over-eager but small dog trying to pull that sleigh by itself with no motivation by US required.
That's largely to do with conflict over oil and gas rights in the arctic continental shelf. IIRC a couple years back the Russians planted a flag on the sea floor at the north pole. It's also the subtext to the conflict over the fancy new fighter jets the Conservatives have been trying to purchase and whether or not they are as capable or effective as the current F18s. To a lesser extent Canada is at odds with the US over this as the Americans slice of the arctic circle is a tiny little strip north of Alaska
Buuuttt no one talks about arctic sovereignty, including poli sci policy wonks like myself. The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson is a good read if you're into the climate change/energy resources/environmental intersections of foreign policy in the far north. ^(sorry but I never get to talk about this)
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven. Synopsis:
>Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted. It is a story about unlikely heroes and unexpected villains - humans reduced to their primal needs by the infinite power and mystery of nature...
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, The Horse That Inspired A Nation by Elizabeth Letts. Synopsis:
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Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Here is the dramatic and inspiring rise to stardom of an unlikely duo. One show at a time, against extraordinary odds and some of the most expensive thoroughbreds alive, the pair climbed to the very top of the sport of show jumping. Their story captured the heart of Cold War–era America—a story of unstoppable hope, inconceivable dreams, and the chance to have it all. They were the longest of all longshots—and their win was the stuff of legend.
No, I've never read that one - I'll have to look for it. This one is called Endurance - an epic of polar adventure - mine is a Norton Paperback, 2000 - amazon
I've read a ton of historical fiction and this book blew my mind: http://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-Escape-Endurance/dp/1558219730
If you want to read about the competing expeditions by Norway and the United Kingdom circa 1910, there is a great book.
A really big one beyond a buffer state is actually water, the two most important rivers in all of China have origin points in the Tibetain mountain highlands. This makes control of the territory a strategic need for China as were Tibet to impeed the water flow in any way it could cause a drastic impact on the economy of China. < [Source:](https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-Politics/dp/1501121472?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&amp;tag=duckduckgo-fpas-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1501121472 https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-Politics/dp/1501121472?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&amp;tag=duckduckgo-fpas-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1501121472&gt;)
Tirpitz: The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship The last 2 or 3 chapters talks about the rescue of crew from inside the wreck and what tools where used.
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https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-Politics/dp/1501121472
Two of greatest real life survival stories;
In the heart of the sea, the true story of the stove in whale ship Essex, the tale that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick.
Endurance, Earnest Shackleton and his crews almost two year struggle for survival after being shipwrecked in Antarctica. The ships photographer managed to document much of their struggle with chilling (no pun intended) clarity.
Fiction, IIMHO, it's hard to find any survival story to top Jack London, Love of Life.
Enjoy...
This looks good: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0375754741/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=9VWF1QVCYGEXEK6B3DSX
The Last Place on Earth
Roland Huntford
haven't had time to read (outside of my field) in a while. next book on this list is this one
> IPCC can’t answer the question that I asked at the beginning of this chapter, because their models can’t even explain where we are today, let alone where we are going
...ehh, ok. But IPCC isn't a scientific organization. They don't perform climate research. They collate research done by actual researchers, and look at trends. If there are a thousand research papers from climate scientists and 100 of them say that climate change is fake and 100 of them say that we're all going to melt to death and 800 of them say that ok this is a legitimate concern but it's probably going to be ok so long as we're not stupid, IPCC looks at that and reports that maybe we're all going to melt to death, but probably not, probably things will be basically ok so long as we're not stupid about it.
If somebody says they think IPCC is wrong, what that means is that they think the majority of climate scientists are wrong. Which yes, appears to be exactly what this guy is saying:
>There will be a terrible price to pay if a false ‘consensus’ leads us to ignore the rapid changes which are occurring, and their implications.
So this guy disagrees with the scientific consensus. Ok, that's fine. Science is not a democracy. Just because most scientists think something doesn't mean it's right. If you want to ignore the scientific consensus and examine the data, ok that's a conversation we can have.
Is that the conversation you want to have?
Or are you simply offering this one random guy who disagrees, and saying that we should believe him instead? Why? Why should I believe him? Why is he right? Why do you believe him? What reason can you give me to believe this guy over the 800 other climate scientists who disagree with him?
Because I can't help but notice that this guy is selling a book. You are quoting a piece of for-profit literature. You yourself linked it on Amazon.
Hey, maybe he's right.
But what reason can you give me to believe the guy who makes money off of you being scared enough to buy his book over the majority of climate scientists publishing in research journals?
Do you see where I'm coming from?
It is available at the library, but not for checkout. I put it on my list. Meanwhile, look for South, Shackleton's own account of the expedition. And look at Endurance. Shackleton had a photographer and through all of their trouble they kept the film. Those are photos!
If you want to read a shorter book about a real-life badass, not a manufactured one like Chuck Norris or that Dos Equis guy, check out We Die Alone
http://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-Escape-Endurance/dp/1558219730
Incredible book
Shackleton's Boat Journey: The Narrative from the Captain of the Endurance
https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-Politics/dp/1501121472#atwl_secondary_view_1536105490513
According to Prisoners of Geography, a big reason why the US is a superpower is because it stretches from one side of the continent to the other, allowing it to have a presence in both the Atlantic and the Pacific without much trouble. This scenario would, according to the book, make our country far less powerful if it were to come to pass.
> My Grandfather was tasked with finding out where the fuse wires went so that in case of an invasion they could cut these cords and help the allied army.
If your grandfather was part of the Dutch resistance, then the Germans were probably the ones giving those orders, after a while (definitely if they came by radio from London) The entire network was infiltrated by Hermann Giskes and his department.
To hide this fact, Giskes rescued Allied pilots and sent them back to the UK via genuine resistance cells. Giskes also mounted a fake "raid" on a harbour - which he didn't inform his own people about. The British were convinced (from intercepts) that it was genuine (but failed its objectives).
While Giskes played a good game, his scheme should have been compromised almost immediately. The British ignored obvious and clear (but coded) warnings which the captured agents sent in their messages.
Your grandfather was a very lucky chap - but was probably too small to be worth picking up.
You may find these two books interesting: firstly, "London calling North Pole" by Giskes (tells the story of how he took over the resistance in the Netherlands).
Secondly: "Between Silk and Cyanide" - a view from London of what it was like to receive messages from the captured agents (and also just one of the best books ever).
A Brief History of the Vikings by Jonathan Clements
https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Vikings-Pagans-Europeans/dp/0786715995
https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-About/dp/1501121464
https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Geography-Coming-Conflicts-Against/dp/1400069831/ref=pd_sim_14_1/145-9649370-7593421?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1400069831&amp;pd_rd_r=2T9333X1RTSTPRTN8BVX&amp;pd_rd_w=B0Iug&amp;pd_rd_wg=mrRgQ&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=2T9333X1RTSTPRTN8BVX
Yes. That also gets into the more specific issue of America's hegemony over the seas, partly thanks to her pan-continental existence.
A few books that really discuss all these things:
https://www.amazon.ca/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-About/dp/1501121464
https://www.amazon.ca/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/0767923057
It sounds like this video is much based on Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography. If you are interested in these ideas of how geopolitically rich the US is compared to almost any other country (other than China and India) I would highly recommend checking out the book.