This collection of compelling eye-witness accounts showcases the very best writing on the Antarctic, from Ernest Shackleton on the loss of the Endurance to Lynne Cox on her epic, icy swim in 2002. Includes 35 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's last true wildernesses, encompassing both legendary tales of heroism and shocking contemporary accounts of the impact of gl...

Ten years after her bestselling book on the Antarctic, "Terra Incognita," Sara Wheeler journeys to the opposite pole to take the measure of what is at once the most pristine place on earth and the locus of global warming. Traveling counterclockwise through the territories belonging to Russia, Finland, Denmark, Canada, and America, she marks the changes in what once seemed an unchangeable landscape...

"An introduction to Antarctica including climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people"--Provided by publisher.

Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott push across the dangerous Antarctic land. Both players are driven to be the first to reach the South Pole. But only one player can win the race. Who reached the South Pole first?

Offers a fresh perspective on the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century by looking at the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow.

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition/ (1910-1913); Antarctica; Travel / Special Interest / Adventure; History / Polar Regions; Biography

You are surrounded by the vast, unforgiving landscape of the coldest place on Earth Antarctica. Even during the summer months, bone chilling cold, raging blizzards, and treacherous ice threatens human survival. Will you, Join the race to be the first to reach the South Pole? Attempt to ski across the continent as part of an all female expedition? Study Antarctic plant and animal life as a scientis...

You are surrounded by the vast, unforgiving landscape of the coldest place on Earth Antarctica. Even during the summer months, bone chilling cold, raging blizzards, and treacherous ice threatens human survival. Will you, Join the race to be the first to reach the South Pole? Attempt to ski across the continent as part of an all female expedition? Study Antarctic plant and animal life as a scientis...

This second edition of the 1991 award-winning (Library Journal Best Reference) book is an A-Z of Antarctica. The approximately 30,000 entries include geographical features, significant historical events, explorers, expeditions, ships, scientists, scientific stations, tour operators, scientific terms, birds, animals, insects, flora, and much more. It is heavily cross-referenced for best access. Inf...

Paints human-caused climate change as a mirror of the culture abuse first people have been suffering for 250 years.

MacPhee's piercing insight and keen storytelling illuminates not only the natural, biological, and scientific detail, but also the human and emotional motivation for exploring the South Pole. Grand heroism, bitter tragedy, and timeless myths fill these pages.

National treasure Billy Connolly is our personal guide through some of the world's most dramatic landscapes in the vast wilderness of the Arctic