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The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this "briskly entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "transporting and wholly original" (People Magazine) novel, one man banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything...Categorized as:
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![The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage by Chris Kurtz]()
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage by Chris Kurtz
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFlora the pig was born for adventure: “If it’s unexplored and needs to get dug up, call me. I’m your pig,” she says. The day Flora spots a team of sled dogs is the day she sets her heart on becoming a sled pig. Before she knows it, she’s on board a ship to Antarctica for the most exhilarating—and dangerous—adventure of her life...Categorized as:
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![The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge]()
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this stunning novel, award-winning author Beryl Bainbridge offers a fictionalized account of the doomed Antarctic expedition led by Captain Scott in 1912. At once hair-raising and beautiful, here is an astonishing tale of misguided courage and human endurance. The Birthday Boys of the title are Scott and four members of his team, each of whom narrates a section of the book...Categorized as:
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![The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett]()
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the stories of her 1996 National Book Award-winning collection, Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett explored the human passions at work behind a dazzling array of scientific endeavors... -
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![North by Donna Jo Napoli]()
North by Donna Jo Napoli
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChanelle laughed. "You'd never have the guts to get near a polar bear in real life. And you'd never travel that far. You the mamma's boy, I hear."But Chanelle is wrong. Alvin has more guts than even he realizes. And he isn't a mamma's boy. In fact, when his over protective mother goes too far, he leaves home.Where can Alvin go, though?He heads north...Categorized as:
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![Wintering by Peter Geye]()
Wintering by Peter Geye
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA highly acclaimed novelist now gives us a true epic: a love story that spans sixty years, generations worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed...Categorized as:
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![Ice Drift by Theodore Taylor]()
Ice Drift by Theodore Taylor
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1868, and fourteen-year-old Alika and his younger brother, Sulu, are hunting for seals on an ice floe attached to their island in the Arctic. Suddenly the ice starts to shake, and they hear a loud crack--the terrible sound of the floe breaking free from land...Categorized as:
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![Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney]()
Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFlora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press "The Snow Queen" - sets out to become a scientist and explorer... -
![The Abominable by Dan Simmons]()
The Abominable by Dan Simmons
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The TerrorIt's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest...Categorized as:
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![Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing]()
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumphant story of indomitable courage and faith in the face of astounding obstacles...Categorized as:
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![Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure (Classic Reprint) by Frank A. Worsley]()
Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure (Classic Reprint) by Frank A. Worsley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsExcerpt from Endurance: An Epic of Polar AdventureShackleton and his men, Commander Worsley is not recounting the adventures of one man, or even of one man and his followers. He is telling a tale of high courage, of invincible endurance and irrepressible humour through hardship and danger... -
![A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin, Tom Hanks]()
A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin, Tom Hanks
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon... -
![American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee]()
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsASIN moved from this editionThe enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her. Before humans ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s... -
![The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko]()
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983.In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Seabiscuit, the engrossing tale of the fastest boat ride ever down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon... -
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![One River by Wade Davis]()
One River by Wade Davis
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history.In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes... -
![Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy]()
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBased on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North... -
![La sociedad de la nieve by Pablo Vierci]()
La sociedad de la nieve by Pablo Vierci
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEX - Library book with all the usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and binding is tight...Categorized as:
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![The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander]()
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 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 on foot of the Antarctic continent...Categorized as:
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![Apollo 13: Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger]()
Apollo 13: Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn April of 1970, during NASA's fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion. The authors detail the harrowing and heroic four day rescue. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures coming June 30, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon... -
![Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk by Buddy Levy]()
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk by Buddy Levy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator...Categorized as:
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![Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson]()
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe definitive firsthand account of California’s Camp Fire, the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century, Paradise is a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds.“A tour de force story of wildfire and a terrifying look at what lies ahead...Categorized as:
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![Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer]()
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong...Categorized as:
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![Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford]()
Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt the beginning of the 20th century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic age of exploration. In this work, Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the gret race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen...Categorized as:
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![The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf]()
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769 – 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age... -
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![Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of America's Richest Shipwreck by Gary Kinder]()
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of America's Richest Shipwreck by Gary Kinder
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1857 the SS Central America floundered in a hurricane and sank 200 miles off the coast of the Carolinas. More than 400 lives and 21 tons of gold were lost. Tommy Thompson located the Central America and establishes a working presence o the deep-ocean floor... -
![A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols]()
A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death...Categorized as:
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![Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton]()
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry--with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter--in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton SidesIn August 1897, thirty-one-year-old commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail aboard the Belgica, fueled by a profound sense of adventure and... -
![The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and The North Pole, 1818-1909 by Pierre Berton]()
The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and The North Pole, 1818-1909 by Pierre Berton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe complete saga of the pursuit for two of the world's greatest geographical prizes--the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific, and the North Pole... -
![Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose]()
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 32 ratings'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians... -
![South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 by Frank Hurley]()
South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 by Frank Hurley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe definitive and spellbinding record of Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition, immortalized on film by pioneering photographer Frank HurleySir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917 was one of the great feats of human endurance -- one vividly captured in the powerful and dramatic pictures taken by Frank Hurley, the expedition's official photographer...
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