Polar Regions Books


The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Best Price: $5.11
Caroline Alexander's work of non-fiction The Endurance is a wonderful read, effectively...
Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan VillageRed Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village
Best Price: $12.50
For the beginning Bristol Bay net fisherman, this is a good book and it doesn't matter if you...
AnnapurnaAnnapurna
Best Price: $8.48
This book may have began a genre of climbing/adventure accounts because it was written some time...
Polar Dream: The First Solo Expedition by a Woman and Her Dog to the Magnetic North PolePolar Dream: The First Solo Expedition by a Woman and Her Dog to the Magnetic North Pole
Best Price: $8.46
I have not actually read this book, but today I listened to the author present the story in...
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...


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: $12.72
SOUTH: THE LAST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Here is a list of equipment that Sir Ernest Shackleton...
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...
Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever WrittenMawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Best Price: $7.15
I have read Endurance (about Shakelon's trip) and been to Antarctica in the last few years. The...
North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the ArcticNorth to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic
Best Price: $2.68
Journey with Alvah as he sails for the Arctic and he will open his world to you as most do only...
Antarctica Cruising GuideAntarctica Cruising Guide
Best Price: $23.36
This book is quite interesting as an introduction to visiting Antarctica. The contents deals...


Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's EdgeRowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
Best Price: $6.55
She is an amazing writer...very in tune with herself and her natural settings. Adventerous and...
Terra Incognita: Travels in AntarcticaTerra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Best Price: $5.99
Sara Wheeler relates her months in Antarctica with vivid discription that as an artist I can...
Roadside Geology of Alaska (Roadside Geology Series) (Roadside Geology Series)Roadside Geology of Alaska (Roadside Geology Series) (Roadside Geology Series)
Best Price: $11.32
This is a great book!! If you live in, or are interested in visiting Alaska, be sure to read...
People of the Deer (Death of a People)People of the Deer (Death of a People)
Best Price: $8.25
The concept is correct anyway. These people were led to their demise by three factors: the...
The Arctic: A Guide to Coastal Wildlife, 2nd (Bradt Guides)The Arctic: A Guide to Coastal Wildlife, 2nd (Bradt Guides)
Best Price: $12.11
For most of the year, the Arctic is permanent home to just a handful of hardy creatures. But...

High Latitudes: An Arctic JourneyHigh Latitudes: An Arctic Journey
Best Price: $8.99
A sad book. High Latitudes focuses on the disintegrating culture of North Canadian Natives. Much...
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 Worst Journey in the WorldThe Worst Journey in the World
Best Price: $2.95
You will NOT be sorry to embark upon this wonderfully written, dramatic, brave and heartbreaking...
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...
Antarctica: Life on the Ice (Travelers' Tales)Antarctica: Life on the Ice (Travelers' Tales)
Best Price: $7.25
I lived and worked in McMurdo Station, Antarctica, for a few seasons. Reading the Traveler's...

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...
South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917
Best Price: $190.62
I found this book to be a wonderful companion to "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing. It...
Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaSlicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica
Best Price: $12.89
Listen to a short interview with Tom Griffiths Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron &...
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the North West PassageKabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the North West Passage
Best Price: $12.42
This book was an inspiration for me to buy a kayak and as an humble beginner to get out on the...
Into the Light: A Family's Epic JourneyInto the Light: A Family's Epic Journey
Best Price: $18.00
I read this book when we were in the process of finding a boat to cruise on with our 2 toddlers....

Crossing AntarcticaCrossing Antarctica
Best Price: $16.88
When we read about explorers who planned an almost eight-month trip across 3700 miles of...
Terra Antarctica: Looking into the Emptiest ContinentTerra Antarctica: Looking into the Emptiest Continent
Best Price: $8.99
Terra Antarctica: Looking Into the Emptiest Continent is the true-life story of award-finalist...
Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition (Classic Reprint Series (Univ of Alaska Pr), No 6)Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition (Classic Reprint Series (Univ of Alaska Pr), No 6)
Best Price: $34.65
Knud Rasmussen was a native Greenlander who was half Inuit and half Danish. He was the first...
Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely ExpeditionGhosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Best Price: $14.97
The people and events included in this arctic and political adventure make for a comedy of...
Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,000-Mile Odyssey Among the InuitArctic Crossing: One Man's 2,000-Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
Best Price: $7.95
Jonathan Waterman travels over 2,200 miles across the roof of the World. He tells us about the...

Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar ExpeditionIce Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
Best Price: $10.00
I love this book. Could not put it down. The author has researched the facts and gives excellent...
AntarcticaAntarctica
Best Price: $26.40
Antarctica remains largely unknown and infinitely fascinating. Stuart Klipper has traveled to...
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...
Islands of the ArcticIslands of the Arctic
Best Price: $4.00
But now do---this is an overview of the islands of the Arctic Ocean, which includes Greenland,...
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...

By Airship to the North Pole: An Archaeology of Human ExplorationBy Airship to the North Pole: An Archaeology of Human Exploration
Best Price: $13.00
I have always been interested in polar exploration. I enjoyed "Andree's Story" and...
Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the ArcticTuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
There are two ways I know I like a book. Of course, the very action of reading it is the...
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...
Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the  Face of AdversityTwo Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity
Best Price: $8.83
In 1906 The Danmark Expedition met disaster in NortEast Greenland: Three men, Mylius Erichsen,...
The Frozen Ship: The Histories and Tales of Polar ExplorationThe Frozen Ship: The Histories and Tales of Polar Exploration
Best Price: $12.45
As an avid fan of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, I looked forward to reading this book,...

Over the Top of the WorldOver the Top of the World
Best Price: $5.99
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: $2.64
The world remembers swashbuckling Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as a selfless leader...
To the Arctic!: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest TimesTo the Arctic!: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times
Best Price: $7.55
"Who Reached the North Pole First?" A recent article in the New York Times (February...
N by EN by E
Best Price: $12.93
please get in touch with me, I have a book that I have had for twenty some odd years I know that...
Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern ContinentAntarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent
Best Price: $37.77
The geology, ecology and biology of the "continent for peace and science." This...

Fifty Years Below ZeroFifty Years Below Zero
Best Price: $19.55
Charlie Brower is one of the unique and historical "characters" of the Far North. I'll...
Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890sBefore the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s
Best Price: $20.00
T. H. Baughman's Before the Heroes Came (Antartica in the 1890's) is an important look at the...
The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2: Antarctic 1910-1913The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2: Antarctic 1910-1913
Best Price: $16.89
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to manhaul sledges across a good portion of...
Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of ScienceDeep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science
Best Price: $20.00
The author did a commendable job of accurately explaining--ad nauseam--how the US established a...
March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion PictureMarch of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture
Best Price: $0.99
A feel good movie that leaves you feeling that everyone has a purpose no matter how...

Skating To AntarcticaSkating To Antarctica
Best Price: $7.92
"Antarctica. And along with it a desire as commanding as any sexual compulsion that...
Ice!Ice!
Best Price: $8.94
It is a terrific book. However it is - as Anthony Dalton's new biography of Jones shows -...
End of the Earth: Voyaging to AntarcticaEnd of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica
Best Price: $0.18
I'm a Peter Matthiesen fan. I loved "the Snow Leopard", "At Play in the Fields...
Antarctica: The Blue ContinentAntarctica: The Blue Continent
This book is full of gorgeous pictures and well-written segments that provide information in...
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: $11.40
Great story of brave Doctor who was first to sail ALONE to Antarctic....with analog ...

Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-1875Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-1875
Best Price: $22.55
In recent years, the history of nineteenth-century Arctic exploration has been the subject of...
Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen NorthArctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North
This book should get an 11 and be read by every adventurer intheuniverse. It is the...
   
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