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1	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition more books like this by Caroline Alexander add to wishlist In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail aboard the "Endurance" bound for the South Atlantic. Their goal was to be the first men to cross Antarctica. Caroline Alexander tells the story of Shackleton's expedition accompanied by the photographs of Australian Frank Hurley. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Subterranean more books like this by James Rollins add to wishlist Far beneath the Antarctic ice, a hand-picked team of specialists makes its way toward the center of the world. And they are not alone. Over the rocks, across yawning caverns and raging underground rivers, they venture further into the darkness--where breathtaking wonders await them, and terrors beyond imagining--as they draw ever nearer to a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Three Snow Bears more books like this by Jan Brett (Illustrator) add to wishlist Travel to the Arctic for an Inuit Goldilocks with an original twist. Aloo-ki glances up from fishing to see her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo with nobody home--because the polar bear family is out walking while their breakfast cools off. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Icebound more books like this by Dean R Koontz add to wishlist A team of scientists looking for new sources of water get stranded on an icecap between Greenland and Norway. Their fight for survival breeds startling displays of personality and perseverance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape more books like this by Barry Holstun Lopez add to wishlist A portrait of the Arctic that celebrates the landscape, wildlife and people of the vast and mysterious region. Above all, it is a story of light - solar and lunar rings, halos and coronas, the aurora borealis, and the distant mountain that is actually a looming and convincing mirage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage more books like this by Alfred Lansing add to wishlist Following two successful expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) led his crew to the region in order to lead a transantarctic trek in the summer of 1914. This book focuses on the several months of hardship followed by the destruction of their ship "Endurance". Diaries and interviews with the crew assist the author in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	In the land of white death : an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic more books like this by Valerian Albanov add to wishlist This recounting of a 1912 disaster tells how a crew of a Russian ship survived on provisions for over a year and a half while frozen in the Siberian Arctic and how, almost without hope, some of the crew decided to try to make it across land. Only two survived. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Whispers of Winter more books like this by Tracie Peterson add to wishlist Life in the rugged Alaskan Territory finds Jacob Barringer and Jayce Kincaid facing the isolation of the frozen north after their ship is lost to the ice in the Artic. Back at Last Chance Creek, Helaina and Leah form a bond as they help each other through the long wait, not knowing what has become of the men they love. As unexpected loss invades ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| SVS
9	Arctic Gold more books like this by Stephen Coonts, William H Keith, Jr. add to wishlist Charlie Dean and the Desk Three team venture deep into the Arctic to rescue a kidnapped agent and stop the Russians, who have an elaborate covert plan to claim untapped oil reservers thousands of feet below the Arctic Ocean. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.59! \| SVS
10	The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk more books like this by Jennifer Niven add to wishlist This chronicle of the aftermath of a 1913 shipwreck in Siberia tells of the struggle of 24 men, women, and children to survive in open nature and the intense rivalries that developed among them. Some of those marooned were eventually rescued after the captain left the camp and trekked across the wilderness for help. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Ice Limit more books like this by Douglas J Preston, Lincoln Child add to wishlist In the desolate regions of Chile, a remarkable discovery has been made. It is a massive meteorite whose existence will change science and mankind forever. An expedition sets out to recover it, but what should be a straightforward undertaking becomes dangerous, and the bizarre artefact may not be what it seems. When a raging storm drives the tanker ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals more books like this by Peter Heller add to wishlist For two months, journalist Heller was aboard the pirate ship the "Farley Mowat" as it stalked its prey--a Japanese whaling fleet. Now, Heller chronicles this hair-raising journey, whose mission was to stop illegal whaling in the stormy, remote seas off Antarctica. 288. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton more books like this by Jennifer Armstrong add to wishlist Armstrong brings to life the incredible true story of the ill-fated Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the "Endurance". "Armstrong's absorbing storytelling, illustrated with dramatic black-and-white photographs, makes this an enthralling adventure".--"Publishers Weekly". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.87! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Voyage of the Narwhal more books like this by Andrea Barrett add to wishlist Andrea Barrett's novel is about the 1845 expedition to the Arctic that ended in starvation and possibly cannibalism. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic more books like this by Jennifer Niven add to wishlist From the author of "The Ice Master" comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate uninhabited Arctic island in 1921. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds more books like this by Norma Cobb, Charles W Sasser add to wishlist In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and their five children, the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the Lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where ... see all copies from $5.73! new only from $14.20! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica more books like this by David G Campbell, M.D add to wishlist Most accounts of Antarctica focus on the ice-cap that covers two thirds of the continent, the setting for the many heroic expeditions to the South Pole. This book is about the other Antarctica - the peninsula where for three months of the year the sun never sets, and where during the summer there is life in profusion, including many billions of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	No Man's River more books like this by Farley Mowat add to wishlist With No Man's River, Farley Mowat has penned his best Arctic tale in years. This book chronicles his life among Metis trappers and native people as they struggle to eke out a living in a brutal environment. In the spring of 1947, putting the death and devastation of WWII behind him, Mowat joined a scientific expedition. In the remote reaches of ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Worst Journey in the World more books like this by Apsley Cherry-Garrard add to wishlist Cherry-Garrard, who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, recounts the unforgettable journey across forbidding, inhospitable terrain. He was also a member of the search party that ultimately discovered Scott's frozen body along with his last notebook entries. With an introduction by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ice Station more books like this by Matthew Reilly add to wishlist The discovery of a metallic object buried in a 100-million-year-old layer of ice--a discovery of immeasurable value--brings Lieutenant Shane Schofield and a team of Marines to Antarctica, where they will risk their lives to secure this discovery for the United States. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected by the American government to be the "Writer in Residence at the US South Pole Station". She spent six weeks at the pole. In this book she reveals how people live on the bases and how the landscape affects them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Endurance; an epic of polar adventure more books like this by F. A. Worsley add to wishlist The astounding and inspiring true story behind the forthcoming Wolfgang Petersen film of the same name. First published in 1931, "Endurance" is the full account of a doomed expedition to the Antarctic and the incredible rescue that followed. 20 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	To the End of the Earth: Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson more books like this by Tom Avery add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic more books like this by Kevin Krajick add to wishlist Diamond hunters Chuck Fipke and Stew Blusson venture into the Barren Lands of Canada in search of a cache of diamonds. Their 20-year search followed remote geological clues left by purveyors of the past who were searching for the same elusive motherlode of diamonds underneath the tundra. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild more books like this by Helen Thayer add to wishlist For this a highly readable true-life adventure tale combined with a fascinating natural history of the wolf, Helen and Bill Thayer, accompanied by their part-wolf, mostly Husky dog, Charlie, set out on foot to live among wild wolf packs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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