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War north of 80 : the last German Arctic weather station of World War II / Wilhelm Dege ; translated from the German and edited by William Barr

Author:: Dege, Wilhelm 1910- Search this; Barr, William 1940- Search this

Subject:: Dege, Wilhelm 1910- Search this

Physical description:: xxxv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:: Biography; Personal narratives, German

Place:: Norway; Svalbard; Germany; Arctic regions

Date:: 2004; [2004]; 20th century

Topic:: Meteorological stations--History Search this; Military meteorology--History Search this; World War, 1939-1945 Search this; Meteorologists Search this

Call number:: D763.5 .D413 2004

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_743312

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Inuit and whalers on Baffin Island through German eyes : Wilhelm Weike's Arctic journal and letters (1883-1884) / [edited and annotated by] Ludger Müller-Wille and Bernd Gieseking ; translated by William Barr

Author:: Weike, Wilhelm 1859-1917 Search this; Barr, William 1940- Search this; Müller-Wille, Ludger 1944- Search this; Gieseking, Bernd Search this

Subject:: Weike, Wilhelm 1859-1917 Travel Search this; Weike, Wilhelm 1859-1917 Search this; Weike, Wilhelm 1859-1917 Search this; Boas, Franz 1858-1942 Travel Search this

Physical description:: 284 p. : ill., maps, ports., facsims. ; 23 cm

Type:: Books; Diaries; Correspondence

Place:: Nunavut; Baffin Island; Baffin Island (Nunavut)

Date:: 2011; C2011; 19th century

Topic:: Inuit--Social life and customs Search this; Whaling ships--History Search this; Social life and customs Search this; Description and travel Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_978604

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Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 / Emil Bessels ; translated from the German: Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879) [and edited] by William Barr

Author:: Bessels, Emil 1847-1888 Search this

Translator:: Barr, William 1940- Search this

Issuing body:: Arctic Institute of North America Search this

Subject:: Bessels, Emil 1847-1888 Travel Search this; Hall, Charles Francis 1821-1871 Travel Search this; Polaris (Ship) Search this; United States North Polar Expedition (1871-1873) Search this

Physical description:: xxvii, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Arctic regions

Date:: 2016

Topic:: Discovery and exploration Search this; American Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1081313

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White fox and icy seas in the western Arctic : the fur trade, transportation, and change in the early twentieth century / John R. Bockstoce ; foreword by William Barr ; original maps by Bill Nelson

Title:: Fur trade, transportation, and change in the early twentieth century

Author:: Bockstoce, John R. Search this

Writer of foreword:: Barr, William 1940- Search this

Cartographer:: Nelson, Bill (Cartographer) Search this

Physical description:: xv, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Arctic regions

Date:: 2018; 20th century

Topic:: Fur trade--History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1092251

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