Arctic & Antarctic Books
- Antarctica
- Arctic
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Antarctica Lonely Planet (4th edition 2008)
Intrepid travellers are being drawn to the wonders of the Seventh Continent- its other-worldly
landscape and its variety of penguins, whales, seals and birds. Though independent travel is all but
impossible for all but a few, this unique guide will help you choose a tour that fulfils your interest
while promoting a safe and environmentally responsible visit to the loneliest of lands....$34.99
Antarctica by Yves Paccalet, photography by Patrick De Wilde
These two respected authorities on Antarctica combine their expertise to confront the essential questions regarding the region's future and to unveil the unexpected realities behind its glacial panoramas...........$46.95
Big Dead Place by Nicholas Johnson
Inside this strange and menacing world of Antarctica.....$23.95
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica Collins (2001) by Martin De La Pena & Maurice Rumboll
The only field guide to describe every bird species you may see in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, southern Brazil and southern Bolivia......$34.50
Bradt Antarctica - A Guide To The Wildlife (5th edition 2008) by Tony Soper, illustrations by Dafila Scott
Dafila Scott's sensitive illustrations combine with Tony Soper's lively text to create a unique guide
and a book that will give lasting pleasure- both for the dedicated naturalist and for the expedition
member in search of a deeper understanding of the continent......$28.95
Crossing Antarctica by Will Steger & Jon Bowermaster.....$19.50
End of The Earth by Peter Matthiessen
Voyages to Antarctica......$22.50
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Shakleton's incredible voyage.......$20.95
Life on the Ice - No One Goes to Antarctica Alone by Roff Smith
No one goes to Antactica alone, and Life on The Ice is not just a stunning panorama of this frozen wilderness but an extraordinary group portrait of the people who live there and of an Antarctic cameraderie that transcends nationality and politics...........$23.00
The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
The harrowing saga of Shackelton's Ross Sea party.......$18.50
The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys edited by Jon E. Lewis
42 Eyewitness accounts of adventure and tragedy in the Arctic and Antarctica - Shackleton, Scott, Amundsen, Mawson, Nansen, Fiennes, and many more........$18.50
Pole Dance by Tom Avery
The story of the record-breaking British expedition to the botttom of the world.....$12.99
Racing With Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer by Beau Riffenburgh
This new book tells the breathtaking story of Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expeditions, in which he more than once narrowly escaped with his life...........$24.00
Return to Antarctica by Adrian Raeside
The amazing adventure of Sir Charles Wright on Robert Scott's journey to the South Pole............$34.95
Shackleton's Boat Journey by F.A. Worsley (Captain of HMS Endurance).....$18.50
Terra Antarctica by William L. Fox
"A fascinating look at the 'windiest, coldest, highest, and diest continent on earth' and man's creative responses to it, this seems the perfect read after seeing March of the Penguins" - Publishers Weekly.......$25.95
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
"It is the last great journey left to man," Ernest Shackleton said in 1914, before setting off for
Antarctica on a voyage from which he would return only two years later, having lost his ship and
three members of his expedition. Eighty years later, Sara Wheeler embarked on that same
journey; this is much more that a record of that experience. Accounts of epic expeditions
alternate with Sara Wheeler's own adventures in Antarctica, where a motley crew of scientists,
drifters and dreamers search for bacterial traces that might hold the key to life on Mars, harass
penguins and seek to measure this still largely impenetrable land...$17.00
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
"The Worst Journey in the World is to travel writing what War and Peace is to the novel...a masterpiece."- New York Review of Books....$21.00
Alone Across The Arctic by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon
One woman's epic journey by dog team........$21.50
Alone Against The Arctic by Anthony Dalton
A tale of a near-fatal voyage along the NW coast of Alaska in an attempt of a solo journey of the NW Passage.....$19.95
Arctic Diary by Sam & Richard Branson
Surviving on thin ice.........$14.50
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
National Book Award Winner Barry Lopez enters into the 'Great White North' and is awed and inspired by it.....$23.00
Arctic Labyrinth by Glyn Williams
The quest for the Northwest Passage...........$32.00
Baffin Island - Climbing, Trekking & Skiing (2008) by Mark Synnott......$29.95
The Big Thaw by Ed Struzik
Travels in the Melting North...........$29.99
Bradt Arctic Guide to Coastal Wildlife (2005) by Tony Soper & (illustrated by) Dan Powell
A guide to the coastal wildlife......$27.50
Canada's Western Arctic Western Arctic Handbook Committee (2002)
Including the Dempster Highway........$29.95
Driving to Mars by William L. Fox
In the Arctic with NASA on the human journey to the red planet.....$19.95
The Empire of Ice by Gretel Ehrlich
Encounters in a changing landscape...........$35.00
Greenland & The Arctic Lonely Planet (2nd edition 2005)
This unique guide to one of the last wilderness frontiers is the essential companion for both intrepid adventurers and armchair traveller's......$34.95
High Latitudes by Farley Mowat
'High Latitudes gives us, with passion and insight, a vertical section of time past - the time that preceded our present. The choices that were made then affect our now, just as the choices we make now will determine our future.......But as Farley Mowat has always known, and as more and more people have come to agree, it's a race against time - and not just for the North, but for the planet - is running out' - Margaret Atwood.........$32.95
Into The Abyss - Explorers On The Edge of Survival by Benedict Allen
In 2003, Benedict Allen took a team of hardened "ice-dogs" into the remotest corner of Siberia. Unknown to him, the Russian Arctic was about to face its worst winter in living memory...........$18.00
The Last Explorer - Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration by Simon Nasht
In the tradition of The Ice Master and Endurance, here is the incredible story of the first truly modern explorer, whose death-defying adventures and uncommon modesty make this book itself an extraordinary discovery........$34.00
The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys edited by Jon E. Lewis
42 Eyewitness accounts of adventure and tragedy in the Arctic and Antarctica - Shackleton, Scott, Amundsen, Mawson, Nansen, Fiennes, and many more........$18.50
Natural History of the Western Arctic (2002)........$21.95
North To The Night by Alvah Simon
A spiritual odyssey in the Arctic.........$22.95
Polar Dream by Helen Thayer
The first solo expedition by a woman and her dog to the magnetic North Pole......$20.95
This Vanishing Land by Dianne Whelan
A woman's journey to the Canadian Arctic..........$28.95
White Paradise - Journeys To The North Pole by Francis Latreille
During his journeys to the North Pole, Francis Latreille has come to understand and love this brutal - and necessary - part of the world. The stunning photographs of this region, both threatening and threatened, reveal the beauty and fragility of the melting ice, the thrill of scientific discovery, and the uncertain future of the Pole's inhabitants......$50.00
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