National Geographic Magazine, August 1978 and 50 similar items

Wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Spitsbergen, Norway?s Arctic Hot Spot { Strategic Spitsbergen; Norway?s Strategic Arctic Islands} Strategic location, a wealth of coal ? ? and possibly oil ? ? focus attention on a top- of- the- world archipelago named Svalbard ? ? Land With Frozen Shores. Gordon Young and Martin Rogers visit islands once too unimportant for any nation to claim. Georgia, Unlimited Still rich in peaches, pecans, and peanuts, a forward- looking state is shouldering its way to industrial prosperity as well. Alice J. Hall and Bill Weems find little left of its poor- South past. New Zealand?s High Country Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott tramp the Southern Alps, where ranchers endure the trails and enjoy the rewards of a rugged, lonely way of life. The Magic of Aluminum { Aluminum, the Magic Metal} Earth?s most plentiful and versatile metal also takes prodigious energy to produce. Thomas Y. Canby and James L. Amos report on a phenomenon of the industrial age. New Ideas About Dinosaurs { A New Look at Dinosaurs; Startling New Look at Dinosaurs; Startling Finds Prompt. .. A New Look at Dinosaurs} They ruled the earth for 140 million years, then disappeared. Were some of them warm- blooded? Did some evolve into birds? Paleontologist John H. Ostrom discusses new ideas about those terrible lizards, brought back to life by artist Roy Andersen. Mountain Goats- -Guardians of the Heights { Mountain Goats: Daring Guardians of the Heights} Wildlife biologist Douglas H. Chadwick records the precarious life of regal, surefooted masters of shrinking mountain fastness.