ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Jennifer Niven
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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...
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Ice Bound
by Jerri Nielsen
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Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year-old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as the inhabitants are...
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The Voyage of the " Discovery "
by Robert F Scott
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British naval officer and explorer Robert F. Scott is best known for his failed, fatal efforts to be the first to reach the South Pole, but his initial Antarctic expedition aboard the Discovery from August 1901 to November 1904 was his most successful...
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My Attainment of the Pole
by Frederick A Cook
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The subzero temperatures were only one of the dangers explorer Frederick Cook (1865–1940) faced in his attempts to reach the North Pole. During his extraordinary and harrowing journey, he fought off arctic wolves and polar bears, lived through ice...
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In Shackleton's Wake
by Arved Fuchs
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A tiny wooden boat defies a storm in the icy Weddell Sea. The four people aboard are tired, tense, and uncertain of their future. Their drinking water drains away through a leak in its tanks. This fateful crew is following in the footsteps of Ernest...
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Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest
by Ranulph Fiennes
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The real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest is told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer," Sir Ranulph Fiennes....
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Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World
by David Roberts
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When David Roberts came across a reference to four Russian sailors who had survived for six years on a barren Arctic island, he was incredulous. An expert on the literature of adventure, Roberts had never heard the story and doubted its veracity. His...
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Voyage Discovery V2
by Robert Falcon Scott
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This publication reproduces in facsimile the rare, lavishly illustrated deluxe edition. Robert F. Scott is best known for his failed, fatal efforts to be the first to reach the South Pole, but his initial Antarctic expedition aboard the Discovery from...
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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
by Jennifer Niven
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"Into Thin Air meets Titanic in this truly chilling adventure" (Glamour) -- now available in paperback. The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter...
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Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
by Ernest Shackleton
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Shackleton's own thrilling account of his first Antarctic expedition and astonishing march to reach the South Pole. With the same drama and adventure of Shackleton's later memoir, South, Heart of the Antarctic chronicles the first polar expedition he led...
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