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Mar 24, 2024 · 1 20 Best Books About The Arctic; 2 The Arctic: A History; 3 The Future History of the Arctic; 4 The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle; 5 The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen; 6 Arctic Dreams; 7 The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule; 8 The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic; 9 ...
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, Jeannette’shull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon the ship amid torrents of rushing water. Hours later, theship had sunk below the surfac...
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
Erebus: The Story of a Ship is a book written by Michael Palin, the renowned British comedian, actor, and travel documentarian and delves into the history of HMS Erebus, a ship with a fascinating and tumultuous history and the ill-fated Franklin Expedition (1845–1848), led by Sir John Franklin, aimed at discovering the Northwest Passage. The Franklin Expedition, during which both HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were lost, became one of the greatest mysteries in Arctic exploration. The ships disappe...
Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez’s National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece and one of the best books about the Arctic. Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world-its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvellous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our im...
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, “defined heroism.” Alfred Lansing’s scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book — with over 200,000 copies sold — has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance’s fateful trip. To write their authoritative story, Lansing consulted with ten of the surviving members and gained access to the diaries and personal accounts of...
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On F...
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of Scott’s team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey, draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scott’s legendary expedition. Cherry himself would be among the search party that discovered the corpses of Scott and his men, who had long sinc...
Although there are many books about the Arctic and Antarctic that you can read, these are some of the best and will make perfect reading for anyone dreaming of these cold places, like I often do. If you’re curious about what it’s like to live in the Arctic then check out this post aboutwhat it’s like living in the Arctic. Try Amazon’s Audible free ...
Feb 17, 2016 · Top 10s Fiction. This article is more than 8 years old. Top 10 Arctic novels. The stark extremes of this forbidding territory have provided a brilliant setting for writers from Mary Shelley to...
Mar 12, 2019 · Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez. This National Book Award–winning piece is one of the most thorough examinations of life in the Far North. Lopez’s book covers everything from the environment and wildlife to natives and explorers alike. This Cold Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich
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Oct 18, 2023 · 1 The Arctic: A History; 2 The Future History of the Arctic; 3 The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle; 4 The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen; 5 Arctic Dreams; 6 The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule; 7 The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic; 8 The White Darkness
May 25, 2022 · 60 books based on 9 votes: Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson, Nanook of the North by Robert Joseph Flaherty, Helluland by C.R. Lindström, The Terror by Dan Si...
