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3) The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52
Pub. Date
1855-56.
Physical Description
4 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, plates (part color), maps (part folded) plans ; 30 x 23 cm
Language
English
4) Pressure
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Off the coast of tropical Mauritius, an ecological catastrophe with global implications is occurring. The ocean's floor is collapsing at a rapid rate. World-champion free diver and marine biologist Carrie Anderson joins a scientific expedition determined to discover the cause-and how to stop it. But what they uncover is even more horrific. Deep beneath the surface, something is awake. Something hungry. Something...cold."--
8) Sandstorm
Author
Series
Sigma Force novel volume 1
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after a wealthy British financier disappears near the site of a lost fabled city, the man's daughter leads an expedition of scientists in search of the city, which harbors a powerful but dangerous energy source.
Author
Series
Southern Reach trilogy volume 4
Language
English
Description
"When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured...
15) Acceptance
Author
Series
Southern Reach trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting.
16) Landfalls
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Description
315 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Reimagines the historical Lapérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, more than two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novel volume 15
Language
English
Description
"For eons, the city of Troy--whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer's Iliad--was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real, how much of Homer's twin tales of gods and monsters, curses and miracles--the Iliad and the Odyssey--could also be true and awaiting discovery? In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-day researchers stumble on a...
20) The Polar record
Pub. Date
1931
Physical Description
volumes : illustrations, plates, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Includes section "Recent polar literature" (called 1931-38 "Recent polar books")
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