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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander Publisher Comments In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments Based on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, this is the chilling true story of the "Karluk's" doomed 1913 exploration of the Arctic and the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot through... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography by David Hempleman-adams Publisher Comments A treasure trove of photographs--some never before reproduced in book form--from the two greatest Antarctic expeditions. Among the greatest achievements in the history of photography, those of the early polar explorers surely stand out, for the beauty of... (read more) Your price: $47.50 New - Hardcover
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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Modern Library Exploration) by Valerian Albanov Publisher Comments Including a new Epilogue, this is "one helluva read" ("Newsweek") and a chilling first-person account of extreme survival in the Siberian Arctic, rediscovered by Jon Krakauer and David Roberts. "Vivid . . . (a work of) terrifying beauty."--"The Boston... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mawsons Will : the Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written (00 Edition) by Lennard Bickel Publisher Comments MAWSON'S WILL is the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history." For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition by Richard Parry Publisher Comments In 1871, the Polaris sailed from New York and began a historic journey to one of the earth's final frontiers: the North Pole. Seven months later, a handful of half-starved survivors returned with a story that shocked the nation.<P>Captain Charles... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis Publisher Comments The harrowing tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of Shackleton's Endurance expedition. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackleton's story is legend, but few... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Cultures of the World #27: Greenland Greenland by David C. King Synopsis Celebrates the diversity of life through the exploration of cultures around the world.... (read more) Your price: $41.95 New - Library Bound
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Shackleton by Roland Huntford Publisher Comments The acclaimed biographer of Robert Falcon Scott masterfully chronicles the life of one of the last great Edwardian heroes, Ernest Shackleton, from his Anglo-Irish childhood through the race for the South Pole to his last expedition to the North Pole.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.71 Used - Trade Paper
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ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic. In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned. When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Diana Preston Publisher Comments On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier found what they sought--the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. 3 maps. Two 8-page inserts.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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