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This volume of essays highlights the autobiogeographies of eight selected geographers who are university faculty members and work and reside in the United States. Drawing from various geographical narratives, the contributors explore their trajectories and how they have navigated their personal and professional transnational livelihoods in the United States.

Geographers --- Autobiography --- Authorship.

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A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the "golden age" of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada's Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciology. Their fieldwork resulted in vastly increased knowledge of the Far North-from its ice caps and glaciers to its lichens and microfossils. Drawing from the recollections of his Baffin colleagues as well as from his own memories, Ives takes readers on a remarkable adventure, describing the day-to-day experiences of the field teams in the context of both contemporary Arctic research and bureaucratic decision making. Along the way, his narrative illustrates the role played by the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning Line and other northern infrastructure, the crucial importance of his pioneering aerial photography, the unpredictable nature of planes, helicopters, and radios in Arctic regions, and of course, the vast and breathtaking scenery of the North. Baffin Island encompasses both field research and High Arctic adventure. The research trips to Baffin between 1961 and 1967 also served as a vital training ground in polar studies for university students; further, they represented a breakthrough in gender equality in government-sponsored science, thanks to the author's persistence in having women permitted on the teams. The book contains a special section detailing the subsequent professional achievements of the many researchers involved (in addition to the later career moves of Ives himself) and a chapter that delves deeper into the science behind their fieldwork in the North. Readers need not be versed in glaciology, however. Ives has produced a highly readable book that seamlessly combines research and adventure.

Geographers --- Geography --- Research --- Travel --- Fieldwork --- History --- Government policy --- Ives, Jack D. --- Arctic regions --- Baffin Island (Nunavut)

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A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the "golden age" of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada's Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciology. Their fieldwork resulted in vastly increased knowledge of the Far North-from its ice caps and glaciers to its lichens and microfossils. Drawing from the recollections of his Baffin colleagues as well as from his own memories, Ives takes readers on a remarkable adventure, describing the day-to-day experiences of the field teams in the context of both contemporary Arctic research and bureaucratic decision making. Along the way, his narrative illustrates the role played by the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning Line and other northern infrastructure, the crucial importance of his pioneering aerial photography, the unpredictable nature of planes, helicopters, and radios in Arctic regions, and of course, the vast and breathtaking scenery of the North.Baffin Island encompasses both field research and High Arctic adventure. The research trips to Baffin between 1961 and 1967 also served as a vital training ground in polar studies for university students; further, they represented a breakthrough in gender equality in government-sponsored science, thanks to the author's persistence in having women permitted on the teams. The book contains a special section detailing the subsequent professional achievements of the many researchers involved (in addition to the later career moves of Ives himself) and a chapter that delves deeper into the science behind their fieldwork in the North. Readers need not be versed in glaciology, however. Ives has produced a highly readable book that seamlessly combines research and adventure.

Geographers --- Geography --- Research --- Travel --- Fieldwork --- History --- Government policy --- Ives, Jack D. --- Arctic regions --- Baffin Island (Nunavut) --- Earth sciences --- Environment --- Field research

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In this book, the author describes in simple, non-technical terms the adventures he has experienced during his work as an earth scientist in some of the remote parts of the arid and semi-arid world. His aim in writing this concise account of some of the work he has been involved in over the past fifty years is to try to convey to the non-specialist some of the excitement and fun involved in fieldwork in the drier regions of the world. His studies of the soils, landforms and the recent geological history of arid and semi-arid regions have taken Martin Williams to some remarkable places in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Not only are the landscapes themselves often stunningly beautiful, but the contact with people from quite different backgrounds and cultures has been an enriching experience. His work has taken him to places far off the beaten track, whether it be the rugged mountains of Ethiopia and northern China, the sandy deserts of the Sahara and Rajasthan, or the great river valleys of Somalia, central India and the Nile. The chapters that follow are not intended to form a coherent chronological narrative, although they do appear in rough chronological order. They should rather be viewed as vignettes or brief evocative descriptions, much as in the discursive tradition of the wandering Irish storytellers. Acting on the principle that it is not necessary to be solemn to be serious, the author aims to entertain as well as to instruct.

Geography-General --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Geomorphology --- Geomorphologists --- History. --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geographers --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Popular Science in Geography. --- Physical geography. --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history

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"Herwig explores the life and times of Karl Haushofer, widely recognized as the 'father of geopolitics' and the architect of Lebensraum, the rationale for Germany's control of Europe and the world"--Provided by publisher.

Geopolitics --- History --- Haushofer, Karl, --- Hitler, Adolf, --- Hess, Rudolf, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Germany --- Politics and government --- World politics --- Hess, Walter Richard Rudolf, --- Hīs, Rūdulf, --- Hausuhōfā, --- Third Reich, 1933-1945 --- Weimar Republic, Germany, 1918-1933 --- Intellectuals - Germany - Biography --- Geographers - Germany - Biography --- Geopolitics - Germany - History - 20th century --- Haushofer, Karl, - 1869-1946 --- Haushofer, Karl, - 1869-1946 - Political and social views --- Haushofer, Karl, - 1869-1946 - Influence --- Hitler, Adolf, - 1889-1945 - Political and social views --- Hess, Rudolf, - 1894-1987 - Political and social views --- Germany - Politics and government - 1918-1933 --- Germany - Politics and government - 1933-1945 --- Hitler, Adolf --- Gitler, Adolʹf, --- Hsi-tʻe-le, --- Hitlar, ʼAdolf, --- Chitler, Adolphos, --- Hitler, Adolph, --- Khitler, Adolf, --- Hitlerus, Adolfus, --- Hiṭlar, Aṭālpu, --- היטלר --- היטלר, אדולף, --- Intellectuals --- Geographers --- Hitler, Adolf, - 1889-1945 --- Hess, Rudolf, - 1894-1987