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	Antarctica, A Guide to the Wildlife  •  Tony Soper  •  Dafila Scott FIELD GUIDE •  2007 •  PAPER Designed for the field, this compact handbook features all the species of birds, seals and whales the traveler is likely to encounter on a voyage to Antarctica. It includes concise essays on each species, range maps and masterful color drawings by Dafila Scott, the granddaughter of Captain Scott. Someone was bound to write this handy field guide and we couldn't be happier that it's friend and colleague Tony Soper -- a veteran expedition leader who is as congenial as he is mad about birds. Fourth edition. (ANT30, $21.95)
	The Crystal Desert  •  David Campbell NATURAL HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 308 PAGES A splendid, prize-winning portrait of Antarctica, the land and its history and especially its marine life. Written with authority and love, Campbell's vivid essays on fossils, glaciers, history and wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula are an excellent introduction to the area. (ANT01, $14.95)
	Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage  •  Alfred Lansing EXPLORATION •  1998 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES • FAVORITE An extraordinary tale of survival that reads like a good novel. It's the gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's legendary perseverance: losing his ship in the ice, drifting helplessly across the Weddell Sea, and finally reaching Elephant Island, from where he sailed 800 miles to South Georgia to get help for his stranded men. With maps and a 8-page selection of Frank Hurley photographs. (ANT03, $14.95)
	The Oceanites Site Guide to the Antarctic Peninsula  •  Ron Naveen GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 129 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE With its descriptions, maps and wonderful aerial photographs of visitor sites in the Antarctic Peninsula, this is the one book to carry on your voyage south. The guide, which supports the Antarctic Site Inventory Project, covers 40 prime visitor sites in detail. It also includes some of the best photography we've seen. Second edition. (ANT37, $29.95)
	Antarctic Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer 2000 •  MAP • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A full color map of the Antarctic Peninsula at a scale of 1:2,750,000, designed for the shipboard traveler by veteran expedition leader Nigel Sitwell. It covers the range of most Antarctic voyages from Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Peninsula south to Marguerite Bay. It also includes detailed insets of South Georgia and the complex channels and islands of the Palmer Archipelago including Paradise Bay, the Lemaire and Neumeyer channels. The reverse shows the entire continent with photographs and mini-biographies of 30 polar explorers. (ANT128, $11.95)

	Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea Map  •   British Antarctic Survey   • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  This is the map Antarctic-bound travelers have been waiting for: an authoritative, beautifully colored chart, covering the South Shetland Islands and northern Antarctic Peninsula at the very good scale of 1:1,000,000. With a map of the entire Peninsula on the reverse. (ANT129, $24.95)
	Anvers Island and Brabant Island Map  •   BAS    •  Illustrating the heart of the Antarctic cruising area at a scale of 1:250,000, covering the Gerlache, Paradise Harbor and Port Lockroy. We also carry the BAS map of S. Georgia (ANT221, $24.95) at a scale of 1:200,000. (ANT228, $24.95)
	Satellite Image Map of Antarctica  •   USGS    •  A beautiful, full-color photo poster of the Antarctic, created from composite satellite imagery. 40" X 56". (ANT82, $14.95)
	Lonely Planet Antarctica  •  Jeff Rubin   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, surpisingly handy guide to Antarctica, featuring good information on planning a trip and a concise overview of history and nature. With an overview of popular visitor sites and and expert chapters on Antartcic science, conservation and wildlife. (ANT139, $24.99)
	Lonely Planet Buenos Aires  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires geared for independent travelers, featuring maps and information on excursions in and away from the city. (ARG10, $17.99)
	Antarctica, An Adventure of a Different Nature  •   IMAX   • EXPLORATION  •  A breathtakingly beautiful IMAX documentary of Antarctic wildlife, research and exploration featuring innovative aerial and underwater photography. 38 minutes. (ANT199, $19.99)
	Beyond Cape Horn, Travels in the Antarctic  •  Charles Neider   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Neider combines his own experiences with three remarkable interviews and a look at the scientists, explorers, sealers and whalers who came before in this marvelous account. (ANT184, $17.95)
	End of the Earth, Voyaging to Antarctica  •  Peter Matthiessen   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this fine book, the result of two voyages, Matthiessen captures the magic of polar landscapes and wildlife, along with the camaraderie of a ship-based polar expedition. (ANT190, $15.00)
	Scott of the Antarctic, A Life of Courage and Tragedy  •  David Crane   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • NEW  •  In this balanced and dramatic new biography, Crane looks at Robert Falcon Scott afresh in the context of Edwardian exploration and empire, showing him to a be flawed hero but a hero nonetheless. (ANT233, $16.95)
	The Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole  •  Roland Huntford  •  Paul Theroux   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Huntford's absorbing dual biography is a rousing tale. Clearly an admirer of Amundsen, Huntford interweaves the story of the two expeditions, contrasting Amundsen's well-planned campaign with Scott's many follies. (ANT100, $15.95)
	The Race to the White Continent, Voyages to the Antarctic  •  Alan Gurney   • EXPLORATION  •  Gurney captures the fanfare, ego and discovery of 19th-century polar exploration in this compelling narrative of the 1837-1842 Antarctic voyages of Dumont d'Urville, James Clark Ross and Charles Wilkes. (ANT136, $15.95)
	The Worst Journey in the World  •  Apsley Cherry-Garrard   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  One of the great tales of exploration, originally published in 1922. Cherry-Garrard's epic midwinter journey to an emperor penguin rookery is just a warm-up for the main event: his vivid account of Scott's doomed last expedition. (ANT23, $18.00)
	Through the First Antarctic Night  •  Frederick A. Cook   • EXPLORATION  •  Cook's account of the voyage of the Belgica, under the command of Adrian Gerlache, who explored and named many of the features along the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. (ANT102, $19.95)
	Antarctica, Life on the Ice  •  Susan Fox Rogers   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Susan Fox Rogers offers a choice anthology of first-person accounts of living, working and visiting Antarctica in this entertaining look at life at the bottom of the world. (ANT252, $17.95)
	The Birthday Boys  •  Beryl Bainbridge   • LITERATURE  •  Bainbridge offers an intriguing new perspective on the most famous tale of Antarctic exploration. A gutsy novelist, she writes imaginative chapters from the point of view of five members of Captain Robert Scott's last expedition: Evans, Wilson, Scott, Bowers and Oates. (ANT07, $10.95)
	Antarctic Wildlife Adventure  •   National Geographic Society   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  National Geographic photographers trail Jerome and Sally Poncet and their young sons on a voyage around the Antarctic Peninsula for this documentary, an excellent overview of places and experiences on an Antarctic voyage. (ANT248, $19.98)
	Antarctica: Beyond the Southern Ocean  •  Colin Monteath   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This marvelous collection of photographs, organized thematically, shows the wildlife and landscapes of Antarctica and the subantarctic islands in full color. The section on human activity, from historic explorations to modern-day tourism, is particularly welcome. (ANT32, $39.95)
	Life in the Freezer  •  David Attenborough  •  Ben Osbourne   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  This informative, stirring BBC documentary with David Attenborough, set largely along the Antarctic Peninsula, features amazing footage of the marine environment, penguins, birds and people of the Antarctic. (ANT88, $14.98)
	March of the Penguins  •  Luc Jacquet   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This splendid documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, captures the life in an emperor penguin rookery over a year in the Antarctic. (ANT229, $19.97)
	Natural History of the Antarctic Peninsula  •  Sanford Moss  •  Lucia de Leiris   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handsome illustrated primer covering the environment, ecology and wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula. Complementing the text are attractive black-and-white illustrations. (ANT08, $30.50)
	Penguins  •  Brutus Ostling  •  Susanne Akesson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This handsome book by the well-traveled Swedish team combines dazzling color photographs of the world's 17 species of penguin with insightful text on ecology, distribution and conservation. (ANT254, $29.95)
	Penguins of the World  •  Wayne Lynch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Photographer, naturalist and expedition leader Wayne Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs. (ANT62, $24.95)
	The Nature of Penguins  •  Jonathan Chester   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Expedition leader, author and photographer Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds. (ANT19, $17.95)
	Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands  •  Frank Todd   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A gorgeously illustrated, compact field guide, featuring superb color photographs of all the hard-to-identify seabirds and marine mammals of the Southern Ocean. (ANT213, $29.95)
	Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica, Princeton Illustrated Checklists  •  Martin D. la Pena  •  Maurice Rumboll   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions. (SAM12, $29.95)
	Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic  •  George E. Watson   • FIELD GUIDE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A comprehensive field guide to the birds of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Islands, long the standard. With color plates, range maps and detailed species accounts (ANT99, $25.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the World  •  Randall Reeves  •  Pieter Folkens   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  A handsome, comprehensive guide to 120 species of whales, dolphins, seals, walruses, sirenians, polar bears and their kin worldwide. Each species gets a four-page spread with color photographs and an overview of range, habitat, behavior, status and conservation. (FG58, $26.95)
	The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife, Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and Southern Ocean  •  Hadoram Shirihai  •  Brett Jarrett   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This splendidly illustrated, essential guide features color plates by Brett Jarrett of all the birds and marine mammals south of 40 degrees along with 900 color photographs, range maps and notes on visitor sites, weather conditions and conservation. Second edition. (ANT178, $55.00)

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