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Exploration
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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) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover 
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South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Ernest Henry Shackleton Publisher Comments Based upon Shackletons diaries and writings , South gives the reader an insight into the appalling condi tions that the author and his party endured when the Enduran ce lay trapped in sea ice and they were forced to march 600 miles across unstable sea... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Ada Blackjack (04 Edition) by 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 seamstress... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell Staff Pick Morrell and Capparell do a wonderful job of articulating Shackleton's leadership successes in everyday terms that will resonate with decision-makers in all varieties of business. Lessons in team-building and performance management are evident throughout... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Faber Book of Exploration by Benedict Allen Publisher Comments An anthology of human exploration which showcases the writings of those who have dared to set off into the unknown, and who have returned to tell the tale. Covering a broad range of exploits and historical periods, it brings together botanists, Vikings... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer by Tim Moore Publisher Comments Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place on Earth-the Arctic. Armed only with his searing wit, wicked humor, and... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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