Antarctica Books


Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Best Price: $4.82
This account of Shackelton's expedition to Antarctic is a read like no other. I could not put...
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Best Price: $6.75
Caroline Alexander's work of non-fiction The Endurance is a wonderful read, effectively...
Magic Tree House Research Guide #18: Penguins and Antarctica (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))Magic Tree House Research Guide #18: Penguins and Antarctica (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
Best Price: $4.99
HOW DO PENGUINS survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica?...
The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $10.11
It's been more than ten years since I read Cherry-Garrard's account of Scott's journey to...
Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica.Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica.
Best Price: $19.58
Since there are few complete pocket guides for South America I though that this was worth a...


The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea PartyThe Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
Best Price: $7.46
The world remembers swashbuckling Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as a selfless leader...
Antarctica (Country Guide)Antarctica (Country Guide)
Best Price: $13.00
Not only is this the best travel guide for Antarctica on the market, but it is incredibly fun to...
The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the AntarcticThe Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic
Best Price: $14.96
While I have read more about the Antarctica so far, as opposed to the Arctic side of the book, I...
The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean (Second Edition)The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean (Second Edition)
Best Price: $29.99
Basics: 2008, 2nd edition, hardcover, 544 pages, 35 color plates, 920 color photos, range maps ...
Antarctica: The Global WarningAntarctica: The Global Warning
Best Price: $25.71
I first saw the book at the United Nations and loved it. But the price of $50 and the heavy...


Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever WrittenMawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Best Price: $7.34
I have read Endurance (about Shakelon's trip) and been to Antarctica in the last few years. The...
Ice Wreck (A Stepping Stone Book)Ice Wreck (A Stepping Stone Book)
Best Price: $0.99
I have been a huge fan of the Shackleton expetion/adventure ever since I learned about it....
Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, 4th (Bradt Guides)Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, 4th (Bradt Guides)
Best Price: $13.49
This is an excellent guide to the wildlife in Antarctica. Great drawings of the animals and...
The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat EskimosThe Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
Best Price: $10.30
When I first ordered this book, I was looking for an ethnography of the Inupiat. I didn't look...
Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic JourneyWondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
Best Price: $21.35
Although this is a "coffee table" style book, and the pictures are excellent, its...

South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance (The Explorers Club Classic)South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance (The Explorers Club Classic)
Best Price: $12.86
SOUTH: THE LAST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Here is a list of equipment that Sir Ernest Shackleton...
People of the Deer (Death of a People)People of the Deer (Death of a People)
Best Price: $8.24
The concept is correct anyway. These people were led to their demise by three factors: the...
Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog teamAlone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog team
Best Price: $7.11
As I read this book, I felt like I was with Pam as she crossed Alaska. A truly well written book...
Journals: Scott's Last Expedition (Oxford World's Classics)Journals: Scott's Last Expedition (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $3.60
In January 1912, Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole, only to find he had...
Antarctica Cruising GuideAntarctica Cruising Guide
Best Price: $23.36
This book is quite interesting as an introduction to visiting Antarctica. The contents deals...

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the NimrodShackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod
Best Price: $7.87
I have a bookshelf that groans under the weight of tomes about Antarctica. No one has forgotten...
Terra Incognita: Travels in AntarcticaTerra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Best Price: $7.88
Sara Wheeler relates her months in Antarctica with vivid discription that as an artist I can...
South: The Endurance Expedition (Penguin Classics)South: The Endurance Expedition (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $3.83
It is tough to get through this book. Only the first half is about Shakleton's expedition. The...
Endless SeaEndless Sea
Best Price: $10.00
Antarctica is the one continent in the world few dare to tread. "Endless Sea: Alone Around...
A Wildlife Guide to Chile: Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez ArchipelagoA Wildlife Guide to Chile: Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Archipelago
Best Price: $13.57
This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its...

Antarctica: Life on the Ice (Travelers' Tales)Antarctica: Life on the Ice (Travelers' Tales)
Best Price: $10.85
I lived and worked in McMurdo Station, Antarctica, for a few seasons. Reading the Traveler's...
The Worst Journey in the WorldThe Worst Journey in the World
Best Price: $2.96
You will NOT be sorry to embark upon this wonderfully written, dramatic, brave and heartbreaking...
Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South GeorgiaAntarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia
Best Price: $26.32
Over 20,000 people a year go to Antarctica and only 5400 people went to South Georgia last year....
The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
Best Price: $18.83
Wonderful. Strong. Beautiful. It is a great book. You end up thinking that the five hundred...
Berserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot SailboatBerserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat
Best Price: $8.54
Dateline Annapolis 2005: City dock is abuzz over this tale by David Mercy. The worlds'...

Crossing AntarcticaCrossing Antarctica
Best Price: $6.95
When we read about explorers who planned an almost eight-month trip across 3700 miles of...
End of the Earth: Voyaging to AntarcticaEnd of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica
Best Price: $0.34
I'm a Peter Matthiesen fan. I loved "the Snow Leopard", "At Play in the Fields...
Escape from the Antarctic (Penguin Great Journeys)Escape from the Antarctic (Penguin Great Journeys)
Best Price: $1.49
Inspired by Penguin?s innovative Great Ideas series, our new Great Journeys series presents the...
Antarctic Traveller (The Knopf poetry series)Antarctic Traveller (The Knopf poetry series)
This is an undiscovered gem, cherished by those who have read it. That Katha Politt no longer...
Bold Endeavors : Lessons from Polar and Space ExplorationBold Endeavors : Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration
This is an excellent book to understand the historic human challenges associated with histroic...

Antarctica: The Blue ContinentAntarctica: The Blue Continent
Best Price: $59.99
This book is full of gorgeous pictures and well-written segments that provide information in...
The Home of the Blizzard : A True Story of Antarctic SurvivalThe Home of the Blizzard : A True Story of Antarctic Survival
Best Price: $29.50
After his contributions to Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod expedition, Australian...
Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen: Ambition and Tragedy in the AntarcticScott, Shackleton and Amundsen: Ambition and Tragedy in the Antarctic
Best Price: $14.89
There are many books on the race to the South Pole. Thomson's book is one of the good ones. It...
The Loneliest Mountain: The Dramatic Story of the First Expedition to Climb Mt. Minto, AntarcticaThe Loneliest Mountain: The Dramatic Story of the First Expedition to Climb Mt. Minto, AntarcticaMountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in AntarcticaMountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica
Best Price: $15.42
_Mountains of Madness_ is an account of two fossil-hunting expeditions to Antarctica by...

Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and SurvivalWhere Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival
Best Price: $2.50
In combat it's said no plan survives contact with the enemy. For the men of the George 1,...
Spirit of Endurance: The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the AntarcticSpirit of Endurance: The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the Antarctic
After reading Alfred Lancing's book of almost the same name (see the previous review), I had an...
Big-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved ThBig-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved Th
Best Price: $4.67
This is a book that will delight readers of all ages. Not only are the illustrations...
Antarctica Wildlife 5th (Bradt Guides)Antarctica Wildlife 5th (Bradt Guides)
Best Price: $17.15
Both a beautiful and practical guidebook, Bradt’s Antarctica Wildlife has remained a...
MGA 2: The Worst Journey in the World, Volume 2 (MyEclectica.com Great Adventures)MGA 2: The Worst Journey in the World, Volume 2 (MyEclectica.com Great Adventures)
Best Price: $1.00
Volume 2 Encouraged by his friend and neighbor George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The...

Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaSlicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica
Best Price: $12.94
Griffiths opens his book: "To voyage towards Antarctica is to go beyond the boundary of...
Ice Bird: The Classic Story of the First Single-Handed Voyage to AntarcticaIce Bird: The Classic Story of the First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
Best Price: $13.98
Searching for high adventure, the author sets sail from Sydney Australia and takes himself to...
Antarctica Travel MapAntarctica Travel Map
Our daughter went to Antarctica as part of a research group, and because she is 16, my wife and...
Antarctica Unveiled: Scott's First Expedition and the Quest for the Unknown ContinentAntarctica Unveiled: Scott's First Expedition and the Quest for the Unknown Continent
Best Price: $22.50
Historian David Yelverton takes a long overdue look at Scott's Discovery expedition, the first...
Hooray For Antarctica! (Our Amazing Continents)Hooray For Antarctica! (Our Amazing Continents)
Best Price: $4.49

The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the AntarcticThe Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
Best Price: $3.00
In this series of essays on one woman's relationship with wilderness and the world, Bledsoe...
Trapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic AdventureTrapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure
Best Price: $0.04
My 8-year old avid reader was thrilled to receive this gift and read it almost immediately.
MGA 1: The Worst Journey in the World, Volume 1 (MyEclectica.com Great Adventures)MGA 1: The Worst Journey in the World, Volume 1 (MyEclectica.com Great Adventures)
Best Price: $1.00
Volume 1 Encouraged by his friend and neighbor George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The...
Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and AntarcticPoles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic
Best Price: $24.76
If you are a fan of Galen's work you will certainly enjoy this book. The concept, comparing and...
Antarctica: Beyond The Southern OceanAntarctica: Beyond The Southern Ocean
Best Price: $24.69
Antarctica covers ten per cent of the world's surface, an area equal to the whole of the U.S....

Life on the Ice: No One Goes to Antarctica AloneLife on the Ice: No One Goes to Antarctica Alone
Best Price: $3.83
I really enjoyed this book! What makes a book good for me is when I want to run out and read...
AntarcticaAntarctica
Best Price: $27.00
This coffee-table sized book doesn't contain information you can't find elsewhere, but what...
   
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