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- Fascinates and clarifies with more than 150 color and 50 b/w illustrations
- Provides structure and access to the history of activities related to the Barents, White and Kara seas
- Covers exploration, marine and coastal environment, biodiversity, industry and social activities
- Describes prominent lives as well as geographical features like rivers, lakes and bays
- Includes a special section on the chronology of major historical events during the last 1200 years
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Seas (EOS)
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Table of contents (927 entries)
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About this book
Reviews
“The encyclopedia has over 1,200 terms covering a wide range of topics, notably aquatic life, oceanography, shipping, industry, and the people associated with Arctic exploration and geography. … The volume (and the set) are suitable for libraries supporting researchers at all levels in programs spanning environmental sciences, geology, geography, oceanography, and Russian studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers.” (J. C. Stachacz, Choice, Vol. 55 (6), February, 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
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Engineering Research Production, Center For Water Management Land Reclamation and Ecology, Moscow, Russia
Igor S. Zonn
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S.Yu. Witte Moscow University, Moscow, Russia
Igor S. Zonn, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksandr V. Semenov
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P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Andrey G. Kostianoy
About the authors
Prof. Andrey G. Kostianoy is a Chief Scientist at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, in Moscow, Russia. He is a specialist in physical oceanography. His research has focused on satellite monitoring, oceanography of coastal zones, regional climate change and environmental problems of the Black, Caspian and Aral seas.
Prof. Aleksandr V. Semenov – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector at S.Yu. Witte Moscow University (Moscow, Russia), Honorary Professor at Higher School of Finance and Management (Bialystok, Poland).Author of more than 50 scientific publications, author and editor of 10 books, including the Encyclopedia of the Adriatic Sea, the White Sea, the East-Siberian Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Arctic Ocean published in 2014-2015 by the publishing house "International Relations" (Moscow, Russia).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia
Authors: Igor S. Zonn, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksandr V. Semenov
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Seas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25582-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25581-1Published: 24 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25582-8Published: 04 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2626-1383
Series E-ISSN: 2626-1405
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 539
Number of Illustrations: 125 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polar Geography, Oceanography, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, History, general