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Drawing on previously unavailable sources, this riveting account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica presents, for the first ... More

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Frank A. Worsley was the Captain of the H. M. S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition ... More

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The astounding and inspiring true story behind the forthcoming Wolfgang Petersen film of the same name. First published in 1931, "Endurance" is the ... More

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This is the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic. The author, the youngest member of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, relates the ... More

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In one of the greatest and most important books on polar exploration, Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole in 1910 ... More

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The final letters and diary entries of Robert Falcon Scott - written in his last days, while hopelessly trapped in a tiny tent by a raging blizzard ... More

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This exciting book gives the true, vibrant, and bone-chilling account of the first unassisted crossing of Antarctica--1,350 miles--by Sir Ranulph ... More

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Stephen Pyne's overwhelming fascination with Antarctica is the compelling force behind this major book on this stark and largely unknown continent. ... More

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Frustrated by the failure of the "Endurance" expedition under Scott, Shackleton's own attempt to reach the South Pole is recounted here. Ultimately ... More

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Ernest Shackleton sailed to the South Pole as the First World War broke out in Europe, intent on making the first ever trans-Antarctic crossing. ... More

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This is the story of the "Farthest South" expedition, told by its leader. After enduring biting winds, short rations and crevasse-ridden glaciers for ... More

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Although the Antarctic ice pack and some offshore islands had been sighted and even landed upon briefly as early as the 1820s, it was not until an ... More

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Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, ... More

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The Home of the Blizzard?is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This ... More

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During the first half of the nineteenth century British explorers eagerly sought the Northwest Passage, making great advances in exploring and ... More

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Sir Douglas Mawson, Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer, made four trips to the Antarctic during his long and storied career. He traveled south ... More

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The expedition stories in Safe Return Doubtful are hair-raising, and cover every aspect of the polar game: men, ships, sledges, rations, frostbite, ... More

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are ... More

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In an age when it is fashionable to forget the achievements of the great explorers of the heroic age, comes the timely rebirth of this legendary book ... More

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