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The North Pole : Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
Robert E. Peary
Paperback - $38.95
Was Robert Peary the first man to reach the North Pole, as he claimed, on April 6, 1909? Rival explorer Frederick A. Cook called Peary's announcement a hoax, a conspiracy to fame supported by Peary's moneyed financiers.
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod
Beau Riffenburgh
Hardcover - $43.95
Using extensive research and firsthand accounts, Riffenburgh provides fascinating insight into the age of British exploration and empire through the vivid and gripping story of a little-known adventurer determined to find fame and fortune by becoming ...
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod
Beau Riffenburgh
Paperback - $26.95
Using extensive research and firsthand accounts, Riffenburgh provides fascinating insight into the age of British exploration and empire through the vivid and gripping story of a little-known adventurer determined to find fame and fortune by becoming ...
Four Against the Arctic : Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World
David Roberts
Paperback - $23.95
In 1743, four stranded Russian sailors survived the next six years in the Arctic with no provisions. Making a bow and arrows from driftwood--since there are no trees there--they survived on reindeer meat until another ship blown off course rescued th ...
The Coldest Crucible : Arctic Exploration and American Culture
Michael F. Robinson
Hardcover - $78.95
In the late 1800s, “ Arctic Fever” swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to stand at the North Pole. Few of these missions were successful, and ma ...
Scott's Last Expedition Volume I
Robert Falcon Scott
Paperback - $57.95
Sunday, June 4.--A calm and beautiful day. The account of this, a typical Sunday, would run as follows: Breakfast. A half-hour or so selecting hymns and preparing for Service whilst the hut is being cleared up. The Service: a hymn; Morning prayer to ...
Heart of the Antarctic : Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
Ernest Henry Shackleton
Paperback - $27.95
Shackleton's own thrilling account of his first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole ties in with a nationwide Shackleton museum exhibition and forthcoming major motion picture. of illustrations & photos.