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Flying Upside Down : True Tales of an Antarctic Pilot
Mark A. Hinebaugh
Hardcover - $57.95
An LC-130 pilot puts the reader in the seat next to him to experience the adventure of flying over the coldest, driest, highest, and windiest place on earth -- Antarctica.
Farthest North : A History of the North Polar Exploration in Eyewitness Accounts
Clive Holland
Paperback - $22.95
Collected here are four centuries' worth of heroic courage, constant danger, and glory in the quest for the top of the world. of photos. Maps.
The Last Place on Earth
Roland Huntford
Paperback - $26.95
The definitive account of the contest between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen for the most coveted prize in the age of modern exploration: Antarctica. "One of the great debunking biographies."--"The New York Times Book Review."
Antarctica : Exploring the Extreme
Marilyn J. Landis
Hardcover - $44.95
Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, this travel adventure documents dozens of voyages, from the earliest days of long-distance sea travel through the rapacious exploitation of seal and whale in the 19th century to th ...
Ultima Thule : Explorers and Natives in the Polar North
Jean Malaurie
Hardcover - $120.95
"Ultima Thule" is the terrible and yet fantastic story of European and American exploration in the polar north. The book brings to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North. Heavily illustrated with period photos ...
The Last Imaginary Place : A Human History of the Arctic World
Robert McGhee
Paperback - $29.95
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 Ar ...
