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Tag Archives: Greenland
Before 1908, other than Santa Claus, no human being had reached the North Pole, although many had tried and failed. Some had unfortunately died for their efforts. In the year 1908, two serious contenders were preparing for victory over nature. One was a respected medical Doctor and explorer with very little financial support and no friends Continue Reading »
December 15, 2018, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: 1907 Christmas, 1908, Admiral Robert E. Peary, Amazon.com, American Adventure Library, Andre Stojka, AppleBooks, Audible.com, audiobook, Barnes and Noble, Belgica, Christmas, Discovery of North Pole, Eskimo, Explorers, GooglePlay.com, Greenland, I-Tunes.com, Inuit, Listen to Read, National Geographic Society, New York Times, North Pole, Santa Claus, Scribed.com, Tune-in.com, USS Theodore Roosevelt, “My Attainment of the Pole”
Here’s a thought to keep an environmentalist awake at night: About 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas are likely to be north of the Arctic Circle, close to the North Pole, where Santa lives. Eighty-Four percent of this is expected to require offshore drilling. And if Continue Reading »
February 6, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Admiral Robert Peary, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, Ahwelah, Alakuretti, Andre Stojka, Arctic Circle, Arctic Sea, audiobooks, Beluga Fraternity, Canada, Denmark, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook, environmentalist, Etukishook, Greenland, Listen2Read, LNG carriers, Margaret Williams, Mitsui OSK, North Pole, Northeast Passage, Norway, offshore drilling, Polar Bear, Rotterdam, Russia, Sierra Club, Ulsan North Korea, undiscovered natural gas, undiscovered oil, United Nations, United States of America, Wall Street Journal, westward ocean movement, World Wildlife Federation, “May Attainment of the North Pole”
Global warming was not on the mind of George Vancouver as he explored the coast of southwest Alaska in 1794. Having sailed from the balmy coast of Maui, Hawaii, to the frozen Northwest, any kind of warming would be welcome. While Vancouver couldn’t imagine global warming, he saw, measured and mapped the cold. He Continue Reading »
January 23, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, Andes Mountains, Andre Stojjka, audiobooks, Fox Glacier, George Vancouver, Glacier Bay. John Muir, global warming, Greenland, John Muir, Listen2Read, Los Angeles Times, New Zealand, Pastouri Glacier, Peru, S. Hall Young, Sierra Club. Glacier Bay National Park, Southwest Alaska, Stickeen, Toyette, US Global Change Research Project, Yosemite, “Calving”
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