Polar Regions Books


A Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the ArcticA Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic
Best Price: $5.46
Travelers from more southerly climes have been trying to unlock the secrets of the far north for...
Antarctica on a PlateAntarctica on a Plate
Best Price: $12.79
If you enjoyed Dr. Gerri Nielsen's Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the...
Footsteps on the Ice: The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd ExpeditionFootsteps on the Ice: The Antarctic Diaries of Stuart D. Paine, Second Byrd Expedition
Best Price: $22.65
During the Great Depression, Stu Paine signed on as a dogsled driver for Admiral Byrd in his...
Finding the North PoleFinding the North Pole
Best Price: $0.47
This is a facsimile copy of a very common 1909 "book" cheaply produced in 1909 and...
Account of a voyage of discovery to the north-east of Siberia, the frozen ocean, and the north-east sea (In Phillips, Sir Richard, pub. A collection of ... 1805-10. v. 5, [no. 1]; v. 6, [no. 2])Account of a voyage of discovery to the north-east of Siberia, the frozen ocean, and the north-east sea (In Phillips, Sir Richard, pub. A collection of ... 1805-10. v. 5, [no. 1]; v. 6, [no. 2])


Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-1822Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-1822
Best Price: $26.95
Sir John Franklin's Narrative of the Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years...
Living DangerouslyLiving Dangerously
Best Price: $16.55
One day, on a book hunt at my local used book stores, I noticed an oversized photograph of a...
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...
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: $15.97
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to manhaul sledges across a good portion of...
Journeys With the Ice BearJourneys With the Ice Bear
Best Price: $19.90
Kennan Ward:''Grizzlies in the Wild": This is the stuff that gets a "couch...


Cybertronian TRG Unofficial Transformers Guide Volume 3 (Cybertronian: The Unofficial Transformers Recognition Guide)Cybertronian TRG Unofficial Transformers Guide Volume 3 (Cybertronian: The Unofficial Transformers Recognition Guide)
Best Price: $127.15
Bad WisdomBad Wisdom
This is perhaps the most disturbing, insightful, interesting, and thought provoking works I have...
Biking to the Arctic CircleBiking to the Arctic Circle
Best Price: $8.49
What an incredible journey! Having traveled the Alaskan Highway, I know the hazards of tackling...
Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Women in the West)Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Women in the West)
Best Price: $11.86
Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison...
The Great White South: Traveling with Robert F. Scott's Doomed South Pole ExpeditionThe Great White South: Traveling with Robert F. Scott's Doomed South Pole Expedition
Best Price: $3.97
Ponting's book is an absolute must for anyone interested in Scott's Last Expedition. His...

Ernest Shackleton: A Life of Antarctic ExplorationErnest Shackleton: A Life of Antarctic Exploration
A short biography of the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton from the point of view of a modern...
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...
Reminiscences of four years in Arctic AlaskaReminiscences of four years in Arctic AlaskaA Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of Matthew HensonA Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of Matthew Henson
Best Price: $8.94
Matthew Henson was a great and courageous American who never got the proper respect or credit...
The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the ArcticThe Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Best Price: $4.49
Of the many, many books I've read involving Arctic expeditions and experiences, this one is one...

In the Ghost Country: a Lifetime Spent on the EdgeIn the Ghost Country: a Lifetime Spent on the Edge
Best Price: $11.44
I got sucked in by the endless good reviews to be overwhelmed by a poorly written and...
Above the CircleAbove the Circle
Best Price: $3.00
I was looking to experience the Artic Circle on a bicycle without leaving the comforts of my...
Sea, Ice and RockSea, Ice and Rock
Best Price: $24.15
Arctic and Antarctic (Eyewitness Guides)Arctic and Antarctic (Eyewitness Guides)The Polar World: The Unique Vision of Sir Wally HerbertThe Polar World: The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert

From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea: The Narrative of a Journey, in 1890 and 1891, across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and North ChinaFrom the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea: The Narrative of a Journey, in 1890 and 1891, across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and North China
Best Price: $30.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1893 edition by Sampson Low, Marston...
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, AntarcticaThe 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: $2.68
In this series of essays on one woman's relationship with wilderness and the world, Bledsoe...
Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839
Best Price: $6.00
Most of all, this is a book about history and not about the men engaged in it. This book...
The Golden Grindstone: One Man's Adventures in the Yukon (Arctic Adventure)The Golden Grindstone: One Man's Adventures in the Yukon (Arctic Adventure)
Best Price: $4.55
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (3/07) In 1897-1898 "would be miners ascended...

My Life with the Eskimo (New Edition)My Life with the Eskimo (New Edition)
Best Price: $27.26
1922. Illustrated. Between 1906 and 1918, anthropologist and explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson went...
Igloo Dwellers Were My Church: The Memoirs of Jack Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the ArcticIgloo Dwellers Were My Church: The Memoirs of Jack Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the ArcticMawson's Antarctic DiariesMawson's Antarctic DiariesShackleton and the Lost Antarctic Expedition (Graphic Library)Shackleton and the Lost Antarctic Expedition (Graphic Library)
Best Price: $19.81
Ernst Shackleton was an explorer of the South Pole who never really made it. He kept trying and...
Hell on Ice: The Saga of the JeannetteHell on Ice: The Saga of the Jeannette
Best Price: $27.95
As noted in other reviews, this is a terrific true story of adventure and survival in the far...

South of SixtySouth of Sixty
Best Price: $19.95
In 1963 20-year-old Michael Warr signed up for a two-year hitch with the British Antarctic...
Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic ColonyUnknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
Best Price: $5.65
This is an OK read about the Arctic. There are actually two stories here. The first revolves...
With Ski & Sledge over Arctic GlaciersWith Ski & Sledge over Arctic Glaciers
Best Price: $23.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1898 edition by J. M. Dent & Co., London.
Mountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in AntarcticaMountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica
Best Price: $1.00
_Mountains of Madness_ is an account of two fossil-hunting expeditions to Antarctica by...
Scot FreeScot Free

Arctic Odyssey: Dove III Masters the Northwest PassageArctic Odyssey: Dove III Masters the Northwest Passage
Best Price: $18.95
Publishers rarely get manuscripts of historical importance "over the transom,"...
Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph FiennesShadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes
Best Price: $4.74
Englishmen Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud together made four failed attempts on the North Pole....
NORTH TO THE POLENORTH TO THE POLEWhales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters, A Guide to Their IdentificationWhales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters, A Guide to Their Identification
Best Price: $5.87
This manual contains the technical information necessary for distinguishing similar species at...
Blue Ice: Travels in AntarcticaBlue Ice: Travels in Antarctica
Best Price: $36.00
Most people think of Antarctica as a white smudge at the bottom of a world map, yet it--as a...

Straying Afar: Antarctica-Alaska-Japan-Asian Siberia; Across the Waves of the Sea & Over the Sands of TimeStraying Afar: Antarctica-Alaska-Japan-Asian Siberia; Across the Waves of the Sea & Over the Sands of Time
Best Price: $12.47
Straying Afar provides the reader with an exciting look at Human Nature around the world. While...
Highlights Top Secret Adventures: Guide to SwedenHighlights Top Secret Adventures: Guide to Sweden
Best Price: $0.13
God morgon! Welcome to Sweden. Journey to Scandinavia in northern Europe to explore a country...
Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820-1822Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820-1822
Best Price: $20.00
The Cruise of the Corwin (The John Muir Library)The Cruise of the Corwin (The John Muir Library)
Best Price: $3.67
After decades of wandering the western half of the country, particularly in the Sierra's of...
Lieutenant Zagoskin's travels in Russian America, 1842-1844;: The first ethnographic and geographic investigations on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Valleys of ... North: translations from Russian sources)Lieutenant Zagoskin's travels in Russian America, 1842-1844;: The first ethnographic and geographic investigations on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Valleys of ... North: translations from Russian sources)

Friendship Across Arctic WatersFriendship Across Arctic Waters
Best Price: $25.73
South: A Memoir of the Endurance VoyageSouth: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Best Price: $2.98
This review refers to "South - A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage" - Ernest...
AntarcticaAntarcticaARCTIC MEMORIES: Living with the Inuit (Travel Writing)ARCTIC MEMORIES: Living with the Inuit (Travel Writing)
Best Price: $20.00
For over thirty years, Canadian photojournalist Fred Bruemmer has lived with and photographed...
Arctic Cycle: Two Wheels, Ice and FireArctic Cycle: Two Wheels, Ice and Fire
Best Price: $18.46
Fast enough to see a lot; slow enough to see it all: bicycle travel is unique. The book...

The Arctic PrairiesThe Arctic Prairies
Best Price: $10.49
July 19.-I got up at 4, talked strong talk, so actually got away at 5:30. Plenty grumbling, many...
Ring of Ice: True Tales of Adventure, Exploration, and Arctic LifeRing of Ice: True Tales of Adventure, Exploration, and Arctic Life
Best Price: $1.50
Though I read it several years ago, the impact of this book is still with me. It helps me...
Cold Oceans: Adventures in Kayak, Rowboat, and DogsledCold Oceans: Adventures in Kayak, Rowboat, and Dogsled
Best Price: $2.48
If you are into mountaineering, whitewater, adventure, etc, this is the book for you! Jon is a...
Ice Island: The Expedition to Antarctica's Largest IcebergIce Island: The Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg
Best Price: $25.70
I found Ice Island to be a thoroughly enjoyable book. In a clear and straightforward style that...
Of Dogs and Men: Fifty Years in the AntarcticOf Dogs and Men: Fifty Years in the Antarctic
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