Franz Kebl photographed the propeller sled Schneespatz, used in Alfred Wegener’s 1930 Greenland expedition.

Northern Canada’s distinctive landscapes, its complex social relations and the contested place of the North in contemporary political, military, scientific and economic affairs have fueled recent scholarly discussion. At the same time, both the media and the wider public have shown increasing interest in the region. This collection extends our understanding of the environmental history of northern Canada—clarifying both its practice and promise, and providing critical perspectives on current public debates.

The Tundra Book provides a rare and poetic glimpse into a man determined to preserve his people’s ancient culture, beliefs, and traditions.

A geography and history of the Alps, filmed exclusively with aerial shots.

Commercial agriculture in the dry interior of South Africa is heavily reliant upon irrigation water from the Orange River. Most of this vital water does not fall as rain on South African soil but as rain and snow in the mountains of Lesotho…

This article assesses the data on snow and snow-cover contained in the Diarium or diary of Martinus Crusius (1526–1607), one of the 16th century’s German humanists. This data is compared with the relevant 20th century meteorological data.