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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXANT165)		  
Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott and the Attainment of the South Pole  •  Ross MacPhee
EXPLORATION •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 245 PAGES • FAVORITE
MacPhee's traces not only the natural, biological, and scientific impetus, but also the human and emotional demension of the conquest for the South Pole. These highly illustrated pages feature diary entries; letters from members of the exploration; drawings, paintings, and photographs of the landscape, living quarters, equipment, and methods of transport; as well as never-before-published images. (ANT322, $27.95)		   Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott and the Attainment of the South Pole
North Pole, South Pole  •  Bertrand Imbert
EXPLORATION •  1992 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES
An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket. Part of the lavishly illustrated "New Horizons" series, this compact introduction to polar exploration features hundreds of maps, historic photographs and journal excerpts. With at least a few paragraphs on each of the great expeditions, we refer to it often. (ANT02, $15.95)		   North Pole, South Pole
The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography  •  David Hempleman-Adams  •  Emma Stuart  •  Sophie Gordon
EXPLORATION •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES • NEW
One hundred years ago, during the reign of King George V, Britain sent two great expeditions, that of Robert Falcon Scott in 1910, and four years later, that of Ernest Shackleton, into the great unknown. The rest is stuff of legend. Here in one handsome book are not only hundreds of haunting photographs by Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley, drawn from the albums presented to the king, but also lively essays, maps, paintings and other ephemera from the Royal Collection. Astute commentary by modern polar David Hempleman-Adams gives depth and context for each image, some published here for the first time. The accompanying exhibition is at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh until April 2010. (ANT298, $47.50)		   The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography
Arctic and Antarctica Map  •  British Antarctic Survey
2007 •  MAP
Published in conjunction with the International Polar Year, this beautifully rendered, double-sided map shows both the top and bottom of the world at a scale of 1:10,000,000. With bathymetry, geographic features, research stations and notes. Series BAS (IPY) Sheet 1 by the British Antarctic Survey. (ANT266, $17.95)		   Arctic and Antarctica Map
Antarctica, A Call to Action  •  Sebastian Copeland
NATURAL HISTORY •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 96 PAGES • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
Copeland's awe-inspiring images of the frozen continent capture the beauty of the glaciers, biodiversity, and wild wide seas of the Drake, (ANT280, $1.00)		   Antarctica, A Call to Action



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Satellite Image Map of Antarctica  •  USGS    •  Created from composite satellite imagery, this silver and blue, full-color photo poster of the Antarctic (40" X 56") is ready for your wall. (ANT82, $14.95)
 		  
Alone, The Classic Polar Adventure  •  Richard E. Byrd  •  Kieran Mulvaney   • EXPLORATION  •  The classic journal kept by Byrd through the long Antarctic night. (ANT74, $27.50)
 		  
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science  •  Edward Larson   • EXPLORATION  •  In this fresh new history, made concrete by his own Antarctic travels, Pulitzer Prize-winner Larson places the famed expeditions of Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age in the larger context of Edwardian politics and society, showing science to be an integral part of the whole Antarctic enterprise. (ANT337, $28.50)
 		  
Encounters at the End of the World  •  Werner Herzog   • EXPLORATION  •  Ever the iconoclast, Herzog eschews the nature - the usual focus of polar docs - and looks instead at the eccentric mix of characters who live and work in Antarctica, in this beautiful ode to the human yearning for exploration. (ANT292, $27.98)
 		  
Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage  •  Alfred Lansing   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Lansing's gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's legendary perseverance is essential reading for any Antarctic traveler; it captures all the fortitude, drama and cheer of this most famous Antarctic expedition. (ANT03, $14.95)
 		  
In Search of the South Pole  •  Herbert Kari  •  Huw Lewis-Jones   • EXPLORATION  •  Kari Herbert (daughter of polar explorer Sir Wally) and husband Huw Lewis-Jones collared an international who's who of explorers, historians, scientists and polar experts for this irresistible portrait of place. It's a scrapbook of Antarctic exploration, featuring excerpts from the logbooks, journals and books, a timeline, color reproductions of period posters and other arcana. With 150 photographs, this new book is an essential reference for all Antarcticans. (ANT347, $29.95)
 		  
Mawson's Will, The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written  •  Leonard Bickel   • EXPLORATION  •  The classic tale of Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911 journey back to camp after losing his two men, his dogs, and most of his food and equipment. (ANT121, $15.99)
 		  
South Pole, The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13  •  Christine Dell'Amore   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  With excerpts and quotes from Scott and others, this glorious book of 100 iconic images by expedition photographer Herbert Ponting features 12 dramatic fold-out pages. (ANT356, $45.00)
 		  
Still Life, Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton  •  Jane Ussher   • EXPLORATION  •  Handsomely bound in cloth, this striking collection of photographs showcases Jane Ussher's rich color portraits of interiors and surroundings of the historic Antarctic headquarters at Cape Evans and Cape Royds. With an eye for exquisite detail, Ussher captures the decayed splendor of the huts, untouched by time, showing, for example, one wall with a portrait of King Edward VII hanging amidst seal blubber and mutton, a jar of pickles, penguin eggs, cufflinks and a pair of trousers. (ANT361, $50.00)
 		  
The Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole  •  Roland Huntford   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Igniting huge controversy when it first appeared, Huntford's rousing dual biography contrasts Amundsen's well-planned campaign to achieve the Pole with Scott's ill-fated quest. (ANT100, $15.95)
 		  
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott  •  David Wilson   • EXPLORATION  •  This gorgeous book of Scott's own photographs -- fought over, lost and forgotten -- supplemented by maps and incisive commentary, is a significant contribution to Antarctic history. Wilson's great uncle was expedition artist Edward Wilson, who died with Scott on his way back from the Pole. (ANT343, $35.00)
 		  
The Roof at the Bottom of the World  •  Edmund Stump   • EXPLORATION  •  With detailed maps and 100 stunning color photographs, Antarctic veteran Ed Stump shows the Transantarctic range in all its icy glory and, for aficionados, Stump has plotted the routes of the historic expeditions across mountains and glaciers with unprecedented accuracy. (ANT341, $29.95)
 		  
The Worst Journey in the World  •  Apsley Cherry-Garrard   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Cherry-Garrard's epic midwinter jaunt to an emperor penguin rookery is just a warm-up for the main event: Scott's doomed last expedition. (ANT23, $18.00)
 		  
Cherry, A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard  •  Sara Wheeler   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Wheeler (Terra Incognita) captures the thrill of Victorian polar exploration -- and the anguish of a man haunted by the death of his colleagues on the march back from the pole. (ANT168, $14.95)
 		  
South With the Sun  •  Lynne Cox   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Inspired by the Norwegian explorer as a child, Cox (Swimming to Antarctica) focuses not on the race to the South Pole but the sweep of Amundsen's polar adventures, Arctic and Antarctic, weaving her own travels with an appreciative biography of the man. (ANT345, $26.00)
 		  
Glacier Ice  •  Austin Post  •  Edward R. LaChapelle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
 		  
Penguins of the World  •  Wayne Lynch   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs. (ANT62, $24.95)
 		  
 
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