The Monumental Soviet ATLAS OF THE ARCTIC,...
The Monumental Soviet ATLAS OF THE ARCTIC, Moscow 1985
Publisher: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR [Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССР], commissioned by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANII).
Hardcover, cloth binding; minor scuffs on the corners and some soiling on the cover; pages intact; overall condition very good. Stamps.
Number of pages: 204
Format: 37 x 69 [cm]
A monumental work—the only Soviet cartographic study of this kind dedicated entirely to the region of the Northern Polar Map.
The atlas is one of the most important compendia of scientific knowledge from the Cold War era, prepared by leading Soviet polar researchers under the direction of Prof. Alexei Trioshnikov.
It contains hundreds of detailed, multicolored physical, economic, geological, meteorological, and historical maps illustrating, among other things, the history of polar exploration, seafloor tectonics, ocean currents, glaciation, and the climatology of the Arctic region.
The maps cover both the Soviet and foreign sectors.
The Monumental Soviet ATLAS OF THE ARCTIC, Moscow 1985
Publisher: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR [Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССР], commissioned by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANII).
Hardcover, cloth binding; minor scuffs on the corners and some soiling on the cover; pages intact; overall condition very good. Stamps.
Number of pages: 204
Format: 37 x 69 [cm]
A monumental work—the only Soviet cartographic study of this kind dedicated entirely to the region of the Northern Polar Map.
The atlas is one of the most important compendia of scientific knowledge from the Cold War era, prepared by leading Soviet polar researchers under the direction of Prof. Alexei Trioshnikov.
It contains hundreds of detailed, multicolored physical, economic, geological, meteorological, and historical maps illustrating, among other things, the history of polar exploration, seafloor tectonics, ocean currents, glaciation, and the climatology of the Arctic region.
The maps cover both the Soviet and foreign sectors.
