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1	Arctic Drift more books like this by Clive Cussler add to wishlist Cussler's dazzling Dirk Pitt novels keep the action zipping along until a final powerhouse showdown ("Entertainment Weekly"), and this 20th work in the series doesn't disappoint. Filled with breathtaking suspense and audacious imagination, "Arctic Drift" is a tour de force of adventure writing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Deception Point more books like this by Dan Brown add to wishlist On the eve of a presidential race in which NASA's budget is a pivotal issue, the space agency announces the discovery of an ancient meteorite filled with fossils deep in the Arctic ice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	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
4	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
5	Golden Compass more books like this by Philip Pullman add to wishlist An examination of innocence, faith, morality, and sin, THE GOLDEN COMPASS is the first book in the well-respected His Dark Materials trilogy. When she saves her mysterious uncle, Lord Asriel, from an assassination attempt, 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua uncovers a dangerous secret and, ultimately, takes the first steps in a journey that will take her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Iceberg more books like this by Clive Cussler add to wishlist A luxury yacht is discovered frozen in a huge tombstone of ice in the North Atlantic. The vessel's priceless cargo, which could threaten nations and continents with annihilation, has vanished. In the ensuing search, Dirk Pitt battles an elusive mulitbillionaire in the business of playing God and also enlists the help of Kristi Fyrie, an Icelandic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Fire Eternal more books like this by Chris D'Lacey add to wishlist Five years have passed since David Rain, now a bestselling author, disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic. Slowly the ice is changing; bears are starving; dragons are rising; and the spirit Gaia, goddess of the Earth, grows restless. But all living things may suffer if she takes action. As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, all eyes ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
8	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 $5.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places more books like this by Bill Streever add to wishlist From avalanches to glaciers and seals to snowflakes, from igloos to icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, chilblains to frostbite, Bill Streever unearths the consistent, ongoing influence of cold on the planet. Evoking history, myth, geography and ecology, Streever's quest for icy, forty-below cold gains purchase in July, while he's taking a dip in ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.16! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska more books like this by Seth Kantner add to wishlist Seth Kantner's "Ordinary Wolves" told the story of a white boy raised in a sod igloo on the Arctic tundra. A heartbreaking vision of a vanishing world, it established Kantner as one of the nation's most original and authentic writers. Here, he returns to the setting of his debut novel with an autobiographical account of his own life in a rapidly ... see all copies from $5.26! new only from $10.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Ordinary Wolves more books like this by Seth Kantner add to wishlist Seth Kantner, who himself grew up in a sod igloo in Alaska, writes his first novel about a boy with a similar background. Cutuk's father, a white man from Chicago, fell in love with the region on a visit and remained there with his wife to raise a family, living off the land. Cutuk's mother, disillusioned with the rigors of their life, has been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	North to the Orient more books like this by Anne Morrow Lindbergh add to wishlist In 1931 Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set off on a flight to the Orient by the Great Circle Route. The classic North to the Orient is the beautifully written account of the trip. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	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
14 view cover	Icefire more books like this by Chris D'Lacey add to wishlist When David is assigned an essay on the history of dragons, there is only one thing he knows for sure---he wants to win the prize of a research trip to the Arctic. As David begins to dig deeper into the past, he finds himself drawn down a path from which there is no going back . . . to the very heart of the legend of dragons, and the mysterious, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.71! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Arctic Dreams more books like this by Barry Holstun Lopez add to wishlist Considered Lopez's finest book, this is part adventure tale and part meditation on the nature of exploration. Lopez writes about the aurora borealis, polar bears, killer whales, icebergs, and the nobility of the indigenous people of the Arctic. Winner of the American Book Award. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 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
17 view cover	Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event more books like this by Robert Ludlum, James Cobb add to wishlist On a remote island in the Arctic, after an army researcher stumbles across the remains of a World War II-era plane containing deadly anthrax, the Covert-One team is dispatched to the crash site. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Mama, Do You Love Me? more books like this by Barbara M Joosse add to wishlist This story of a child testing the limits of her independence, and a mother who reassuringly proves that a parent''s love is unconditional and everlasting is a perfec t first book for toddlers ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials more books like this by Philip Pullman add to wishlist An examination of innocence, faith, morality, and sin, THE GOLDEN COMPASS is the first book in the well-respected His Dark Materials trilogy. When she saves her mysterious uncle, Lord Asriel, from an assassination attempt, 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua uncovers a dangerous secret and, ultimately, takes the first steps in a journey that will take her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 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 $2.79! new only from $2.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Snow Walker more books like this by Farley Mowat add to wishlist In these extraordinary stories of survival in a stark and savage land, Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between the aboriginal peoples of the far north and their harsh arctic environment. One of the most beloved storytellers of our time, he captures the courage and wisdom of the arctic people in this bestselling collection. Above all, The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition more books like this by Leonard F Guttridge add to wishlist Through private letters and diaries, the author presents a day-by-day chronicle of the true story of the 25 men who in 1881 set sail to establish a scientific base in the Artic region of Lady Franklin Bay. Three years later, only three returned. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Arctic adventure; my life in the frozen north more books like this by Peter Freuchen add to wishlist An adventure classic by the famed explorer who lived among the Greenland Inuit. (SEE QUOTE.) see all copies from $4.91! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Nansen: The Explorer as Hero more books like this by Roland Huntford add to wishlist This biography of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen focuses on his various attempts to reach the North Pole by sea and by land. It also explores how he handled fame that came afterward. Nansen became a public figure and diplomat, and he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. The author has written two other biographies of explorers, SHACKLETON ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $17.50! \| SVS
25 view cover	Polar Bears Past Bedtime more books like this by Mary Pope Osborne (Read by) add to wishlist Jack and Annie are off on another adventure, this time to the Arctic. They make some furry friends and even get to see the magical Northern Lights, but can they solve the last riddle in order to become Master Librarians? They'd better hurry, its getting colder by the minute, and their pyjamas weren't meant for sub-zero temperatures! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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