Istoriia otkrytiia i osvoeniia Arktiki - Beliaev Denis Pavlovich

The Arctic is a harsh but amazing land, the history of which is riddled with many myths, legends and stories. Since ancient times, it stirred the imagination not only of navigators, but also of poets, narrators. The Far North beckoned with its secrets travelers, scientists, whose notes and records are sometimes contradictory, sometimes fantastic, but from this no less interesting. And today this area of the Earth attracts people with huge reserves of natural resources, land and sea transport highways, an important geopolitical location. Now interest in the Arctic has increased unusually - as a region forming a climate on the whole planet. The Arctic is a priority for Russia's economic and geopolitical development. However, in this subject today there are no educational and methodical manuals that can help the teacher, student, teacher and student, a young specialist coming to work on The Arctic industrial facilities. All non-fiction books produced are designed for a prepared audience, but there is not a single basic, initial, introductory to fill this gap, our publishing house has specially developed this series 'On the Arctic Is Simple', which covers everything Aspects of the topics related to the Arctic The first book in this series - 'The Story of the Discovery and Exploration of the Arctic' - covers a period from the earliest mentions of the northern lands to the present day: Carefully selected facts make up a clear and complete picture of Arctic exploration. A significant part of the book consists of stories about numerous expeditions and research, biographies of polar travelers. The book is distinguished by a lively style of presentation. The publication is richly illustrated with photographs, prints, maps, professionally selected for each story.'History of the discovery and development of the Arctic' - is designed both for readers who are just discovering this topic, and on those whose profession is associated with the popularization of Arctic history. Denis Belyaev is a scientist, resident of Murmansk, Ph.D., associate professor, Belyaev D.P., published more than 60 scientific papers on the history of the development and study of the Arctic. He is a member of the Murmansk regional branch of the Russian Historical Society. Currently , he is the director of the Murmansk Institute of Economics, a branch of the St. Petersburg University of Management and Economics.