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Endurance 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) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Scotts Last Journey :Scott by Peter King Synopsis This entirely new edition of explorer Robert F. Scott's journal is a first-hand account of his final, ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1910, with more than 150 never-before-seen photographs.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Explorer: The Life of Richard E. Byrd by Lisle A Rose Publisher Comments “Danger was all that thrilled him,” Dick Byrd’s mother once remarked, and from his first pioneering aviation adventures in Greenland in 1925, through his daring flights to the top and bottom of the world and across the Atlantic, Richard... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 party trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier found what they had set out to find: the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lying... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic by Alan Gurney Synopsis A colorful and captivating account of the early days of Antarctic exploration from an expert storyteller and historian. 12 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments A fascinating account of the ten weeks which Sara Wheeler spent in Antarctica as "writer in residence". Combining her wry observations on the insular lives of the ice-bound scientists with appreciation of the stark beauty of the landscape and its... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes by Bill Green Publisher Comments "Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature."-San Francisco Chronicle "[Bill Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well."-PEN... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Life on the Ice: No One Goes to Antarctica Alone by Roff Martin Smith Publisher Comments The author of "Cold Beer and Crocodiles" now takes readers on a fascinating trek across the icy plains of the coldest and most remote edge of the world.... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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E. H. Shackleton: Shackleton: The Antarctic Challenge by Kim Heacox Publisher Comments In August 1914, as World War I began, Ernest Shackleton and a small band of explorers sailed for Antarctica aboard a ship called Endurance. Few expeditions have been more aptly named -- and few leaders more courageous or inspirational. For two years... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton Publisher Comments This beautifully packaged volume captures, in the words of veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, his excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the "Endurance."... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Historic Journey Across Antarctica by Liv Arnesen Publisher Comments The first women to cross the continent of Antarctica on foot "prove that nothing is beyond our wildest dreams" (Billie Jean King) in this riveting true-life adventure of suspense, danger, and endurance.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Heart of the Antarctic: The Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 by Ernest Shackleton Publisher Comments This is the story of Shackleton's first polar expedition in solo charge, 1907-9. It is an account of his never-ending quest to reach the South Pole. Within ninety-seven miles of his goal, appalling weather forces him to abandon this expedition in a... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments The first authorized biography of the antarctic explorer who gave us the greatest classic of polar literature In February 1912, Apsley Cherry-Garrard drove a team of dogs 150 miles to a desolate outpost on Antarctica’s rough ice shelf to meet... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Tom Griffiths Publisher Comments Environmental historian Tom Griffiths reflects on the history of human experiences in Antarctica, taking the reader on a journey of discovery, exploration, and adventure in an unforgettable land.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica by David Campbell Publisher Comments The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $8.95 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 $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Preston Publisher Comments On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought -- the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole by Jerri Nielsen Publisher Comments "Ice Bound" is the inspiring true story of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the physician with breast cancer stranded at a South Pole research station, whose amazing rescue made headlines around the globe. Set in a remote and desolate yet strikingly beautiful... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest by Ranulph Fiennes Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer" In 1911, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.98 Used - Trade Paper
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The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon Publisher Comments These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale." So penned Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912 as he confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. In this riveting book, Susan Solomon finishes the interrupted... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.75 Used - Trade Paper
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