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.
Free Photo Guide
Award-winning wildlife photographer Sue Flood wrote our official guide to polar photography.
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
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