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Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (59 Edition) by Alfred Lansing From Powells.com Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination, however, their... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez Publisher Comments A season of transition in North Americaand#8217;s last great wilderness From Nunavut and the Barren Lands of Canada to the westernmost edge of Alaska and back to Churchill, Manitoba, Pete Dunneand#8217;s experiences in the Arctic comprise wilderness... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title More than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. In the widely acclaimed, bestselling Terra Incognita, she chronicled her quest to find... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson Publisher Comments Long at the margins of global affairs and at the edge of our mental map of the world, the Arctic has found its way to the center of the issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century: energy security and the struggle for... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region by Joan N. Boothe Publisher Comments The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region recounts mankind's dramatic history from Magellan through the first years of the twenty-first century in the part of the Antarctic regions below South America and the... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Shackleton by Roland Huntford Synopsis Ernest Shackleton, a comtemporary of Scott, sailed on the "Discovery" expedition of 1900, and mounted three expeditions of his own. A social adventurer, it was the pursuit of wealth, fame and power that attracted him more than snow and ice. This book won... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole by Bruce Henderson Publisher Comments In 1909, two men laid rival claims to this crown jewel of exploration. A century later, the battle rages still. This book is about one of the most enduring and vitriolic feuds in the history of exploration. "What a consummate cur he is," said Robert... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic by Alvah Simon Publisher Comments In June 1994 Alvah Simon and his wife, Diana, set off in their 36-foot sailboat to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra, and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle. Four months later, unexpected events would trap Simon alone on... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Treasure Under the Tundra: Canada's Arctic Diamonds (Amazing Stories) by L. D. Cross Publisher Comments Until 1991, no one thought diamonds could even be found in Canada. No one except two geologists who went in search of diamonds and found them on the Lac de Gras Barren Grounds at Point Lake near Yellowknife in Canada's Arctic. The discovery by Chuck... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Alec Wilkinson Publisher Comments In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 $35.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Modern Library Exploration) by Roland Huntford Publisher Comments The definitive account of the contest between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen for the most coveted prize in the age of modern exploration: Antarctica. "One of the great debunking biographies."--"The New York Times Book Review."... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Frozen Planet: A World Beyond Imagination by Alastair Fothergill Publisher Comments The ultimate portrait of the earth's Polar Regions. In 2012 the Discovery Channel will broadcast Frozen Planet, the long-awaited third installment in the BBC Earth series of which Blue Planet: Seas of Life and Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic by Edward Beau Maurice Publisher Comments A fascinating true adventure story chronicles the experiences of Edward Beauclerk Maurice, a young explorer for the Hudson Bay Company who was taught survival techniques, and much more, by the Inuit people. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Antarctica: Chile's Claim by Luis S. Mericq Publisher Comments Antarctica commonly viewed as a barren, inaccessible, frozen land, but, in fact--as this study shows--the southernmost continent is a productive laboratory for scientific research, one rich in natural resources like oil, natural gas, and high-grade gold... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World by Robert Mcghee Publisher Comments The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, in The Last Imaginary Place, renowned archeologist Robert McGhee lifts the veil to reveal the true Arctic... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alone by Richard Evelyn Byrd Publisher Comments When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone... (read more) Your price: $33.95 New - Trade Paper
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Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson Publisher Comments Long at the margins of global affairs and at the edge of our mental map of the world, the Arctic has found its way to the center of the issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century: energy security and the struggle for... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $23.92 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank Arthur Worsley Publisher Comments Written by the Captain of the Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton on his 1914-16 ill-fated journey, this book is a remarkable tale of courage and bravery in the face of extreme odds and a vivid portrait of one of the world's greatest explorers.... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Cruise of the Corwin: Muir's Final Great Journey by John Muir Publisher Comments The story of Muir's journey 15,000 nautical miles from San Francisco into the Artic Sea.... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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