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  • Penguins - Meet Mr. Flappy Feet

    Penguin Books for Kids

    Series series Children's Bird Books
    Penguins are fantastic creatures. They have a unique familial system, wherein the mother hunts for food while the father warms the egg. What's even more interesting is how they find a partner and "marry" that person for life. Turn the pages of this book for many more interesting facts on penguins. Buy a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Nurse at the Top of the World

    The adventures of a young Canadian nurse who lived and worked for several years in the Canadian Arctic, providing health care to the Inuit people. The stories you are about the read took place more than forty years ago; before Anik satellite, when Iqaluit was Frobisher Bay, Inuit were Eskimo, and there was still the Eastern Arctic and the Western Arctic. The law had just been changed to allow ... Read more

    $7.97 USD

  • Harry's Arctic Heroes

    Walking with the Wounded on the Expedition of a Lifetime

    by Mark McCrum ...
    In April 2011, four soldiers - each a veteran of recent conflicts, who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on an extraordinary challenge: a two-hundred mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole.Joined by patron Prince Harry, the charity founders, a polar guide and a film crew, the team achieved their goal despite facing hurdles an able-bodied athlete would baulk at, and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Imperfect Passage

    A Sailing Story of Vision, Terror, and Redemption

    Turning sixty isn’t the end; it’s only the beginning.Michael Cosgrove had a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At age sixty, he decided to leave all that behind to sail around the world.With the vision of rugged individualism and salty tales to share with his grandchildren, Cosgrove quickly realized that sailing around the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Wilder Time

    Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice

    JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY BOOKA scientist experiences primordial wonders and the wisdom of solitude in one of Earth’s wildest and most endangered placesGreenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure trove of information on Earth’s early history embedded in its pristine landscape. Over numerous seasons, William E. Glassley and two fellow geologists ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Penguins: 101 Fun Facts & Amazing Pictures (Featuring The World's Top 8 Penguins)

    by Janet Evans ...
    This book depicts the wonder of the world of Penguins in all its glory. Children are given a well-rounded understanding of this fascinating creature: its anatomy, feeding habits and behavior. The following penguins are featured: * The fierce Adelie Penguin * The comical African Penguin * The awesome Emperor Penguin * The strange Galapagos Penguin * The regal King Penguin * The beautiful Little ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Winter Wise

    Travel and Survival in Ice and Snow

    by Monty Alford ...
    A man who has spent his professional life measuring the flow of northern rivers, climbed Alaska’s Mount McKinley, was a member of both Yale University and Maine University’s scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, guided a film crew documenting the late Robert Kennedy’s ascent of Mount Kennedy, and crossed the St. Elias mountain range is certainly no stranger to the cold! In Winter Wise, Monty ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Au pôle Sud - 1913 - Illustré

    Translated by Charles Rabot ...
    Depuis plusieurs années, je préparais une expédition dans le bassin arctique. Avec le Fran, je me proposais d’entreprendre une nouvelle dérive à travers l’océan Glacial, en partant du détroit de Behring. Explorer le grand blanc qui occupe encore la majeure partie de la calotte polaire boréale et compléter l’œuvre de Nansen, tel était mon dessein. Les préparatifs étaient très avancés, la date même ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lonely Planet Panama

    Series series Travel Guide
    Lonely Planet’s Panama is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Panama City, surf at Santa Catalina, and dive at Parque Nacional Coiba; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Panama and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet’s Panama Travel Guide:Up-to-date information ... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Worst Journey in the World

    Antarctic 1910-1913

    And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore,” wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard in the opening chapters of his now classic exploration narrative, The Worst Journey in the World. The incredible tale that he tells is of the fated last voyage of Captain Robert Scott and his crew to the outermost reaches of the South Pole on the Terra ... Read more

    $10.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • The Log of a Limejuicer

    The experiences under sail of JAMES P. BARKER Master Mariner as told to Roland Barker

    This book recounts the travels of a "Limejuicer" - a British mariner - who spent forty-four years in command of square riggers and steam vessels and traveled around Cape Horn forty-one times.Readers who enjoyed an apprentice’s recollections of the ship the British Isles’ horrendous 1905 voyage around the Horn in The Cape Horn Breed may find this perspective from the Captain of that voyage of ... Read more

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  • Todos los caminos llevan a los Polos

    20 historias de mujeres en las regiones frías

    by Ana Alemany ...
    Un libro dedicado a las mujeres enamoradas de las regiones frías del planeta. Premiado como mejor libro sobre mujeres Latino Books Awards año 2016.¿Qué puede mover a una mujer a dejar su hogar, su ciudad, su familia y amigos y adentrarse en un mundo tan inhóspito como es la Antártida?¿Qué fascinación causa el Ártico cuando muchas mujeres se ponen como reto alcanzarlo? ¿Qué lleva a una española a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Frozen Frontier

    Polar Bound through the Northwest Passage

    by Jane Maufe ...
    The Northwest Passage proved so elusive for so long that many sailors and explorers believed it didn't actually exist. A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic archipelago, it wasn't until Roald Amundsen's 1903–06 voyage that the Northwest Passage's existence was finally proved, but the transit is treacherous and entirely dependent upon the ice giving up its grip ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Near Death in the Arctic

    Edited by Cecil Kuhne ...
    Series series Vintage Departures
    “The fine snow choked his eyes, ears, and throat, and he did not hear his own smothered death cry. Down in cold blackness, 150 feet down, his falling body smashed into a projecting ledge of ironclad ice. With the shattered remains of his sledge, with the doomed dogs, Belgrave Ninnis plunged deeper and deeper into the abyss.” —Lennard Bickel's Mawson's Will. In Near Death in the Arctic, editor ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 呼吸南極:在世界盡頭找一條路

    Series series 優遊
    Addicted to Antarctica.南極是讓人戒不掉的癮頭!從地理上的未知探險到體能上的極限探索,他都是讓人鍛鍊自己、看清自我的疆域,如同一面鏡子。《呼吸南極》是跨時代旅人面對南極大陸的對照集,向三百多年來冒險犯難的南極探險家們致敬!更為所有嚮往南極的人,提供一本值得珍藏的圖文大全!南極探路──過去的地理探險,今日的極限探索南極,是旅人的夢土。曾經去過南極的人,都有一段被凍結的時間,那段時光所發生的故事,已被壓縮、真空在剔透的冰層裡,泛著藍藍的光,閃爍著魔幻時刻。過去的探險家,以插下旗子作為自己探險生涯... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Woman, Captain, Rebel

    The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

    A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality—and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies.Every day was a fight for survival, equality, and justice for Iceland's most renowned female fishing captain of the 19th century.History would have us believe the sea has ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Aan de Zuidpool (Geïllustreerd)

    De Aarde en haar Volken, 1913

    Al vele jaren lang dacht ik over een expeditie naar de Noordelijke IJszee. Met de Fram wilde ik een nieuwen tocht ondernemen door de IJszee, namelijk door in het ijs af te drijven naar de pool, beginnend bij de Behringstraat. Mijn doel was het onderzoek van het groote, witte veld, dat, nog ondoorzocht, het grootste deel bedekt van de ijsmuts van de pool, en aldus het werk van Nansen te voltooien. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conquering the Impossible

    My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle

    by Mike Horn ...
    In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle - alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation.Conquering the Impossible is the gripping account of Horn's grueling 27-month expedition by sail and by foot through extreme Arctic conditions that nearly cost him his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lines on a Map

    Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration

    by Frank Wolf ...
    Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure TravelTwo decades of adventure writing are captured in this entertaining and inspiring collection of travel journalism by renowned adventurer, writer, filmmaker and environmentalist Frank Wolf.Lines on a Map is a compilation of Frank Wolf’s best work from the past two decades. Some of the adventures include: two friends on a cycling ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Arctic Guide

    Wildlife of the Far North

    Series Book 109 - Princeton Field Guides
    The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlifeThe Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Cauchemar au bout du monde

    Translated by Odile Demange ...
    En août 1897, le jeune commandant belge Adrien de Gerlache a voulu être le premier à atteindre le pôle Sud magnétique. L’expédition qu’il a lancée a rapidement dû faire face à une invraisemblable succession de revers et de périls, chacun plus dangereux que le précédent. Coincé dans les glaces durant la longue nuit antarctique, l’équipage de son navire, la Belgica, a peu à peu perdu le contact avec ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Canada In Pictures: The Northern Territories - Volume 3 - Nunavut, Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories

    Canada’s Northern Territories are not just known for the Northern lights. They have several other sights and activities to offer, too. If you’re the more adventurous type and would not mind the snow and ice, then come to the Northern Territories. But first, gather all information that you can get in order to come truly prepared. Grab a copy of this book today. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Pole To Pole

    by Michael Palin ...
    No.1 bestseller Michael Palin's epic journey from the North Pole to the South Pole.'The cracked and fissured ice-pack offers no comfortable reassurance - no glimmer of any reward to the traveller who has made his way to the top of the world. The Arctic Ocean, known to the Victorians as the Sea of Ancient Ice, stares balefully back as we descend towards it, reflecting nothing but the question: Why? ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Terra Incognita

    Travels in Antarctica

    by Sara Wheeler ...
    It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world.This is a book about the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD