Call number:
AWI Atl-89-0442
;
PIK L 010-98-0123
Description / Table of Contents:
Atlas of the Arctic is a complex cartographic work, a monograph on physical and economic geography, on geophysics and history of exploration of the north polar area. The Atlas includes a comprehensive summary on the arctic natural environment, it is the first of its kind, focusing primarily on the description of the arctic land mass. The Atlas also compiles the information on industrial and economic activity in this part of the Earth based on long-term exploration and economic development. Maps of the Atlas cover the whole of the Arctic. Some of them i. e. maps of the soviet arctic include additional information, whereas similar information is not available for land and water areas of the foreign arctic. The arctic or the northern cold latitudial belt comprises a single physical-geographical system of the Northern Hemisphere. The boundary between the arctic and moderate latitudes is a complex border, roughly coinciding with the mean long-term July isotherm of + 10°C, encompassing vast permafrost areas underlying either ice sheets or barren tundra and waters covered with sea ice, where first-year sea ice in certain years does not melt in spring-summer months, which then develops into multi-year sea ice cover. In practice this boundary is drawn with the consideration of administrative division and integrity of individual geographical features. To adieve a more complete description of natural processes the maps of the Atlas show also adjacent sub-arctic areas down to 30°N, this allows the process interaction through various natural zones in the Northern Hemisphere to be better displayed. Atlas of the Arctic is a one-volume edition. It provides, in addition to maps, charts, diagrams, plots and tables, a concise textual description focusing on natural elements. The textual description aims primarily not on the explanation of the map information, but to add new evidence clarifying physics of phenomena and processess, their natural coupling and interdependency. The lay-out of the Atlas maps is that of generally accepted for regional physical-geographical descriptions. Additionally, the Atlas presents such chapters as Aeronomy and Physics of the Earth (similarly to Atlas of the Antarctic) and Population and Economic Development of the Area. The title-page of every chapter shows a list of maps or map series as well as other information on principles and methods of map compilation, major reference materials.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
204 S. : überwiegend Kt.
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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