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The Ice Balloon
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 15.95In 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. Called by a British military officer ?the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration,?... more...
Deep Freeze
University Press of Colorado 2011; US$ 21.95In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of science, decades after the first explorers planted flags in the ice. In the tense 1950s, even as the world was locked in the Cold War, U.S.... more...
Big Miracle
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 14.99Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw?an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988. Set in Cold War?era 1988, Big Miracle tells the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and oftentimes uproarious... more...
Polar Imperative
D & M Publishers 2011; US$ 22.95Based on Shelagh Grant ?s groundbreaking archival research and drawing on her reputation as a leading historian in the field, Polar Imperative is a compelling overview of the historical claims of sovereignty over this continent?s polar regions. This engaging, timely history examines: the unfolding implications of major climate changes the impact... more...
The Place Where You Go to Listen
Wesleyan University Press 2010; US$ 19.99A personal journey into the music of the Arctic more...
The Longest Winter
Counterpoint 2011; US$ 26.00Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy that befell Scott. Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished, and the ship had failed to pick them up as planned. Gale-force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching... more...
Endurance
Basic Books 2008; US$ 14.95The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip.... more...
Fatal Journey
Basic Books 2009; US$ 26.95From an acclaimed historian, the tale of Henry Hudson?s final voyage in search of the Northwest Passage?and the unsolved mystery surrounding his death more...
Terra Antarctica
Trinity University Press 2011; US$ 9.99How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape? For more than three decades, William L. Fox has looked at empty landscapes and the role of the arts to investigate the way humans make sense of space. In Terra Antarctica, Fox continues this line of inquiry as he travels to the Antarctic, the ?largest and most extreme desert... more...
The Last Viking
Da Capo Press 2012; US$ 27.50The first full-scale biography of the greatest of all polar explorers and a conqueror of the Northwest Passage as well more...









