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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
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In a highly entertaining adventure, Tony Horwitz rides the wake of Captain James Cook, recreating the history of his pioneering voyages, the stories of his island landings, and the lasting impact his contact had on the indigenous populations. Accompanied... ( read more)
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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... ( read more)
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The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Cherry-Garrard, who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, recounts the unforgettable journey across forbidding, inhospitable terrain. He was also a member of the search party that ultimately... ( read more)
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by Tony Horwitz
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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)
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
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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)
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Jennifer Niven
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From the author of "The Ice Master" comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate uninhabited Arctic island in 1921.... ( read more)
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The Man Who Mapped the Arctic: The Intrepid Life of George Back, Franklin's Lieutenant
by Peter Steele
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In the mid-1800s, George Back went on three Arctic expeditions with Sir John Franklin across the barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales in journals, drawings, watercolors, and maps. Noted writer Peter Steele... ( read more)
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A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
by Tony Horwitz
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year What happened in North America between Columbus' sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off... ( read more)
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Ring of Ice True Tales of Exploration
by Peter Stark
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Well into the nineteenth century Arctic explorers believed that they needed only to smash their ships through a ring of ice circling the top of the globe and from there they could tack easily on soft breezes to the North Pole. Acting on this belief... ( read more)
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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
by Jennifer Niven
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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)
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Atlas of Expeditions (Historical Atlas)
by Karen Farrington
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From Christopher Columbus to Charles Darwin, this atlas follows the journeys of great explorers throughout history and around the world. The book features timelines and maps in each section; major inserts on famous explorers, their routes of march and... ( read more)
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Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia
by Tim Carr
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After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis... ( read more)
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)
by Laurence Bergreen
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In 1519, Magellan, five ships, and more than two hundred men set sail from Spain to find a water route to the Spice Islands. Despite suffering starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan... ( read more)
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The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World with DVD
by Harry Rutstein
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The Marco Polo Odyssey tracks the fantastic journey of an intrepid adventurer who spent ten years following the 13,000 mile overland route of Marco Polo from Venice to Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and finally crossing China to Beijing. It... ( read more)
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Historical Atlas of Exploration (Historical Atlas)
by Angus Konstam
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Developed in association with the National Maritime... ( read more)
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The Travels Marco Polo (Penguin Classics)
by Marco Polo
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Classic translation of Marco Polo's famous travels. Includes index and maps.... ( read more)
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
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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)
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True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
by Bruce Henderson
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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 Peary of Frederick Cook in 1911. Cook responded, "Peary has stooped to every crime from rape to murder." They had... ( read more)
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Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle
by Mike Horn
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In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle - alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation. This is the... ( read more)
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Innocents in the Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition
by Colin Bull
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Now a distinguished scientist, Bull served as cook and glaciologist
on the 1951 expedition to Spitsbergen, north of Norway. For nine of
the ten young men who set off from the University of Birmingham, it
was the first experience in such a desolate... ( read more)
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