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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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Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic
by Lennard Bickel
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Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
by David Roberts
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On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss... (read more)

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The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World
by Robert Mcghee
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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)

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South
by Ernest Shackleton
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The Shackleton's Boat Journey
by F A Worsley
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On the Ice
by Gretchen Legler
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Modern Library Exploration)
by Roland Huntford
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Antarctica: The Blue Continent
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Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
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The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
by Alec Wilkinson
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Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty
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Arctic Sun on My Path: The True Story of America's Last Great Polar Explorer
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Race To the Pole Conquering Antarctica in the Worlds Toughtest Endurance Race
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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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