The Best Polar Regions History Books 2024

1. Buried In Ice: A Time Quest Book, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Buried In Ice: A Time Quest Book, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. In 1914 the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, five years removed from his last Antarctic adventure, announced the details of an ambitious overland trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the South Pole. First published in 1919, Shackleton's account or the imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition became an instant adventure and survival classic. Now, a century later, it's presented in a beautifully designed and illustrated edition updated to include photographs discovered in Antarctica in 2014. Alternately harrowing and inspiring, South is an incredible first-person tale of preparation, peril, and perseverance. It's also a compelling account of decisive leadership in the lace of adversity. Within these covers, Shackleton's crackling prose is illustrated with a wide selection of stunning photographs created by Frank Hurley, the talented Australian who accompanied Shackleton, as well as paintings by expedition member George Marston and modern color photographs depicting seascapes, landscapes, and fauna as the expedition might have seen them one hundred yeans ago. The result is a beautiful and unique tribute to the feats of Shackleton and his men. Book jacket.

South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance, Used [Paperback]

3. Flying Upside Down : True Tales of an Antarctic Pilot, Used [Hardcover]

It won't take the reader of this book long to realize that Antarctica is not the place for the faint of heart. A single mistake can kill you, and pilots in particular are vulnerable. Author Mark Hinebaugh should know. As an LC-130 pilot with the U.S. Navy's VXE-6 squadron, he put his life on the line countless times to carry scientists and their supplies in and out of this enigmatic continent. And in this engaging memoir he puts the reader in the seat next to him to experience the adventure of flying over the coldest, driest, highest, windiest, and most godforsaken place on earth. Cloudless, sunny days mutate into maelstroms of snow in a matter of minutes. A whiteout landing where crews land without ever seeing the ground is unforgettably described in a chapter called "Flying in a Milk Bottle." Hinebaugh also makes it perfectly clear that when the weather breaks, the views are awe-inspiring. He brilliantly conveys the exhilaration of flying down low through rugged glacial valleys and the thrill of seeing the sites where such giants of Antarctic exploration as Amundsen, Byrd, Scott, and Shackleton began their journeys. The author's formula for survival is steely nerves and a healthy dose of optimism, along with an ability to adapt to constantly changing situations and an uncompromising adherence to a personal code of safety. He warns that this is a place where skill, teamwork, flexibility, and a keen sense of humor are paramount. Hinebaugh's rich, vivid voice is so descriptive that opening the pages of his book are almost as exciting as taking the trip yourself--and a lot more comfortable.

Flying Upside Down : True Tales of an Antarctic Pilot, Used [Hardcover]

4. The Great White South: Traveling with Robert F. Scott's Doomed South Pole Expedition, Used [Paperback]

Ponting happily agreed to document Scott's upcoming South Pole expedition, which turned out to be Scott's final trek.

The Great White South : Traveling with Robert F. Scott's Doomed South Pole Expedition, Used [Paperback]

5. Arctic Experiences: Aboard the Doomed Polaris Expedition and Six Months Adrift on an Ice-Floe [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. A compelling account of the ill-fated 1871 American expedition to the North Pole recalls the extraordinary story of survival and endurance in the face of the most extreme conditions of weather and starvation.

Arctic Experiences : Aboard the Doomed Polaris Expedition and Six Months Adrift on an Ice-Floe, Used [Hardcover]

6. The Coldest March: Scott`s Fatal Antarctic Expedition [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This riveting book tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his British team who in November 1911 began a trek across the snows of Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. After marching and skiing more than nine hundred miles, the men reached the Pole in January 1912, only to suffer the terrible realisation that a group of five Norwegians had been there almost a month earlier. On their return journey, Scott and his four companions perished, and their legacy, as courageous heroes or tragic incompetents, has been debated ever since. Susan Solomon brings a scientific perspective to understanding the men of the expedition, their staggering struggle, and the reasons for their deaths. Drawing on extensive meteorological data and on her own personal knowledge of the Antarctic, she depicts in detail the sights, sounds, legends, and ferocious weather of this singular place. And she reaches the startling conclusion that Scott's polar party was struck down by exceptionally frigid weather - a rare misfortune that thwarted the men's meticulous predictions of what to expect. Solomon describes the many adventures and challenges faced by Scott and his men on

The Coldest March: Scott`s Fatal Antarctic Expedition, Used [Hardcover]

7. To the End of the Earth: Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. April 2009 is the one-hundredth anniversary of perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of exploration. Did U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary and his team dogsled to the North Pole in thirty-seven days in 1909? Or, as has been challenged, was this speed impossible, and was he a cheat? In 2005, polar explorer Tom Avery and his team set out to recreate this 100-year-old journey, using the same equipment as Peary, to prove that Peary had indeed done what he had claimed and discovered the North Pole.Navigating treacherous pressure ridges, deadly channels of open water, bitterly cold temperatures, and traveling in a similar style to Peary's with dog teams and replica wooden sledges bound together with cord, Avery tells the story of how his team covered 413 nautical miles to the North Pole in thirty-six days and twenty-two hours - some four hours faster than Peary. Weaving fascinating polar exploration history with thrilling extreme adventure, this is Avery's story of howhe and his team nearly gave their lives proving Peary told the truth.

To the End of the Earth: Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson, Used [Hardcover]

8. The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice, Used [Hardcover]

Many have told the story of Scott's life, but no one has charted the cultural reverberations of his death and sacrifice on the eve of the greatest slaughter in British history - the First World War.A dramatic opening leads to a compelling examination of the British traditions of exploration, the scientific ambitions of the expedition, the 'race to the South Pole', and the disaster itself. Scott's death was a pivotal moment in British history, and central to this is his extraordinary journal,which offers the ultimate expression of self-control and heroism in the face of death. This important and challenging interpretation of Scott's life and death re-evaluates the man and his sacrifice.

The Last Great Quest : Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice, Used [Hardcover]

9. Fatal North: Murder Survival Aboard USS Polaris First US Expedition North Pole [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. "Well worth reading." (Booklist) "Fans of adventure writing will appreciate this fine book." (Publishers Weekly) It began as America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with the captain's suspicious death, a brutal struggle for survival on the polar ice, and a government cover-up. With eight pages of rare photographs and illustrations, Fatal North is a harrowing account of one of the great tragedies in the history of United States exploration.

Fatal North: Murder Survival Aboard USS Polaris First US Expedition North Pole, Used [Hardcover]

10. Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Two of the most advanced ships of the time. 129 handpicked men. A commander who had survived three previous Arctic trips. Lost without a trace. What happened? For a century and a half, the question of what happened to the Franklin Expedition-the worst disaster in the history of polar exploration-has remained a puzzle. Now, based on original research in British Admiralty records, author Scott Cookman re-creates the full story of the ill-fated expedition and reveals a frightening new explanation for one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of exploration.

Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition, Used [Hardcover]