Suggested Reading

Polar travel often begins in an armchair. By reading, our guests travel with Scott on his Last Expedition or discover a new perspective about the search for the Northwest Passage. Next time you are visiting your favorite bookstore, pick up some polar adventure books.

 

The Arctic

Ancient People of the Arctic
Robert McGhee - UBC Press - 2001

Arctic Eden
Jerry Kobalenko - Greystone Books - 2010

The Artemis Fowl #2: Arctic Incident Graphic Novel
Eoin Colfer and Giovanni Rigano - Miramax - 2010

The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin's Tragic Quest for the North West Passage
Andrew Lambert - Yale University Press - 2009
This book was begun on our icebreaker - Kapitan Khlebnikov.

The Ice Navigation Manual
House, Lloyd, Toomey and Dickins - Witherby's Publishing - 2010

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez - (paperback - 2001)
Arguably the finest book about the lure of the Arctic ever written.

The Future History of the Arctic
Charles Emmerson - 2010

Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America
Shelagh D. Grant - July 2010

Planet Arctic: Life at the Top of the World
Wayne Lynch - August 2010

A Naturalist`s Guide to the Arctic
E. C. Pielou - (paperback - 1995)

Antarctica

Antarctica: A Photographic Journey  - iPad/iPhone App
Antarctica is one of the world’s last pristine areas and is home to penguins and other wildlife. Wolfgang Kaehler has been traveling to this remote continent since 1977. This app will take you on a photographic journey which any armchair traveler or visitor to Antarctica and some of the Sub-Antarctic islands will enjoy. With more than 1000 photos, the app will dazzle you with the beauty and the abundant wildlife of this amazing continent and its Sub-Antarctic islands.

The Longest Winter
Meredith Hooper - John Murray - 2010
The setting of this book is the Ross Sea.

Return to Antarctica: The Amazing Adventure of Sir Charles Wright on Robert Scott's Journey to the South Pole
Adrian Raeside - Wiley - 2009
The setting of this book is the Ross Sea.

Ice Lovers
Jean McNeil - McArthur & Company - 2009

Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
Joan Myers - Smithsonian Institution - 2006

A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife
Hadoram Shirihai - Alula Pres Oy - 2002

Antarctica: A Fragile Eden
Jonathan and Angela Scott - 2008

South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance
Sir Ernest Shackleton and Tim Cahill (paperback 2008)

In Shackleton's Footsteps: A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic
Henry Worsley - (paperback - March 2011)

The Endurance: Shackleton`s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Caroline Alexander - 1998

Endurance: Shackleton`s Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing - (paperback 1999)

Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Gerrard
Sara Wheeler - (paperback - 2003)
Ms. Wheeler sailed aboard one of our ships in the Arctic.

Journals: Captain Scott`s Last Expedition
Robert Falcon Scott and Max Jones (paperback- 2008)

Riding the Ice Wind: By Kite and Sledge across Antarctica
Alastair Vere Nicoll with foreward by Bear Grylls - 2010

 

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