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  • Alone in Antarctica

    The First Woman To Ski Solo Across The Southern Ice

    In the whirling noise of our advancing technological age, we are seemingly never alone, never out–of–touch with the barrage of electronic data and information.Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman –– and only the third person in history – to ski across the entire continent of Antarctica alone. She did it, too, with the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

    Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

    A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north.By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a “tough girl”—a young woman who confronts danger without apology—she ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Mammoth Book of Antarctic Journeys

    32 eye-witness accounts of adventure in the Antarctic

    by Jon E. Lewis ...
    Series Book 366 - Mammoth Books
    The very best writing on the Antarctic, from James Cook's eighteenth-century assertion that 'no man will ever venture further than I have done' to Lynne Cox's description of her epic, icy swim in the twenty-first century - 32 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's last true wildernesses.Here you will find both legendary tales of heroism and startling contemporary ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • South! - The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    Memoir of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Voyage

    "South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917" is the first hand account of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition written by the Expedition leader Ernest Shackleton. Also known as the Endurance Expedition, this is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arctic Dreams

    by Barry Lopez ...
    This New York Times–bestselling exploration of the Arctic, a National Book Award winner, is “one of the finest books ever written about the far North” (Publishers Weekly).“The nation’s premier nature writer” travels to a landscape at once barren and beautiful, perilous and alluring, austere yet teeming with vibrant life, and shot through with human history (San Francisco Chronicle). The Arctic has ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Snow Petrel

    (A father-son voyage to the windiest place on the planet)

    by Jon Tucker ...
    When Ben Tucker and his kid brother Matt decided to sail south in search of icebergs on Ben's small home-built kiwi sloop, their father Jon was allowed to come along as their cabin-boy, on a promise of good behaviour.The unfolding adventure took them through thick pack ice to become trapped at the windiest place on the planet, a remote location in East Antarctica.'Snow Petrel' is proof of what ... Read more

    $5.66 USD

  • The Sun Is a Compass

    A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

    For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure.During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Magnetic North

    Notes from the Arctic Circle

    by Sara Wheeler ...
    A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleMore than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. In the widely acclaimed, bestselling Terra Incognita, she chronicled her quest to find a hidden history buried in Antarctica's extreme surroundings. Now, Wheeler journeys to the opposite pole to create a definitive picture of life on ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Shackleton's Heroes

    The Epic Story of the Men Who Kept the Endurance Expedition Alive

    The Unbelievable Story of Six Men Who Trekked Across the Great Ice Barrier in Support of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic ExpeditionOne hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on the legendary 19141917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, defying the odds and accomplishing one of history’s most remarkable feats of endurance while narrowly escaping death, even though his crew failed in their ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • True North

    Travels in Arctic Europe

    by Gavin Francis ...
    A journey through the far north from the Shetland Islands to Greenland and beyond: “A wonder-voyage . . . often beautiful” (Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland).The stark, vast beauty of the remote landscape of Arctic Europe has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history, and mythology, Gavin Francis offers a unique portrait of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

    Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year

    Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, an explorer, a bestselling author and nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond.In his autobiography he ... Read more

    $4.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD ANTARCTIC 1910-1913

    The Great True Adventure Story, A Linked Index of all Editions, With Panoramas, Maps, And Illustrations

    With Panoramas, Maps, And Illustrations By The LateDoctor Edward A. Wilson And Other Members Of The ExpeditionIN TWO VOLUMESThe Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922) As War and Peace is to novels, so is The Worst Journey in the World to the literature of polar travel: the one to beat. The author volunteered as a young man to go to the Antarctic with Robert Falcon Scott in ... Read more

    $4.88 USD

  • My life with the Eskimo

    The plans of my second expedition took gradual shape during the years 1906-1907, while I was still north of the Arctic circle engaged in the work of my first expedition. It was once intended that I should be the ethnologist of the Leffingwell-Mikkelsen Arctic Expedition, sometimes known as the Anglo-American Polar Expedition, which sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, in the spring of 1906. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The South Pole

    Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912

    Translated by A.G. Chater ...
    The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition's successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all the way from the preparation leading up to the initial sea voyage, the voyage itself and then the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trawler

    A Journey Through the North Atlantic

    Series series Vintage Departures
    Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond O’Hanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off the northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks, and no seamanship whatsoever, O’Hanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their ... Read more

    $5.99 USD $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

  • Forgotten Footprints: Lost Stories in the Discovery of Antarctica

    by John Harrison ...
    A mix of history, geography, myth, and personal truth, this book explores the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland Islands, and the Weddell Sea—the most visited places in Antarctica. Filled with beautiful photographs by the author from his travels, this record offers a selection of anecdotal accounts of the merchantmen, navy men, sealers, whalers, and aviators who, along with scientists and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Alaska Days with John Muir

    In the summer of 1879 I was stationed at Fort Wrangell in southeastern Alaska, whence I had come the year before, a green young student fresh from college and seminary – very green and very fresh – to do what I could towards establishing the white man's civilization among the Thlinget Indians. I had very many things to learn and many more to unlearn. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Alaska Sampler 2014

    Ten Authors from the Great Land: Fiction - Biography - Memoir - Humor

    Would the real Alaska please stand up?  This was the challenge put to ten of Alaska’s finest authors: to share unique and intimate perspectives—some previously published, some new to this volume—that reach beyond the usual stereotypes to an Alaska that can’t be packaged or staged.  These stories, musings, and rants come from authors whose roots run deep in the Far North. There’s Dana Stabenow, ... Read more

    Free

  • Antarctica Travel Guide - Tiki Travel

    by Tiki Travel ...
    Antarctica Travel Guide - Tiki TravelThe Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe.An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected.Table of contents:- Tiki Travel Guide Books- Copyright- Antarctica- Understand- Regions- Destinations- Talk- Get in- ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Unseen Body

    A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy

    "A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine—the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain—is extraordinary!"—Mary RoachIn this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • Wildlife of Southern Africa (Traveller’s Guide)

    Series series Traveller’s Guide
    The perfect companion for the safari enthusiast, this complete traveller’s guide to the wildlife of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Malawi is a must-have for all those considering a trip to the game reserves of this highly popular region.Written and illustrated by wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in the region for over 20 years, and featuring over 400 species of bird, ... Read more

    $7.49 USD $5.49 USD