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These 5 items are available for $78, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXANT101)

Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage  •  Alfred Lansing EXPLORATION •  1998 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES • BEST SELLER • 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 Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole  •  Roland Huntford  •  Paul Theroux EXPLORATION •  1999 •  PAPER  • 576 PAGES • FAVORITE Huntford's absorbing dual biography, revised and updated for this edition, is a rousing tale of hardship, technical challenge, political ambition, and fortitude. This is the still controversial book published 20 years ago that effectively de-constructs the much mythologized Robert Falcon Scott. Clearly an admirer of Amundsen, Huntford interweaves the story of the two expeditions, contrasting Amundsen's well planned campaign with the many follies of Scott's ill-fated quest. (ANT100, $15.95)
Through the First Antarctic Night  •  Frederick A. Cook EXPLORATION •  1998 •  PAPER  • 520 PAGES A reprint of Cook's account of the voyage of the "Belgica," under the command of Adrian Gerlache. This expedition, the first to overwinter below the Antarctic Circle, explored and named many of the features along the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula -- the most popular region for modern tourist expeditions. Whatever you think of the veracity of Frederick Cook (and his claims to have reached the North Pole and McKinley), he's a terrific writer. With maps, archival and modern photographs. (ANT102, $19.95)
The Worst Journey in the World  •  Apsley Cherry-Garrard EXPLORATION •  2006 •  PAPER  • 573 PAGES • FAVORITE One of the great tales of exploration, originally published in 1922. Cherry-Garrard's epic midwinter journey to the emperor penguin rookery is just a warm-up for the main event: his vivid account of Scott's doomed last expedition. This huge book, called the best adventure tale ever written, is well worth the effort. It was neighbor George Bernard Shaw, an early supporter of Cherry-Garrard, who bestowed the title. (ANT23, $18.00)
Mawson's Will, The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written  •  Leonard Bickel EXPLORATION •  2000 •  PAPER  • 261 PAGES Bickel's classic account of Mawson's extraordinary perseverance, making use of Mawson's own words to recount the 1911 ordeal, where he somehow made his way 320 miles back to camp after losing his two men, his dogs, and most of his food and equipment. This riveting tale is also available in a hard cover collector's edition (ANT114). (ANT121, $15.00)

A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration  •  Robert Headland   • REFERENCE • COMING IN FEBRUARY  •  A second edition of archivist and Antarctican Headland'sauthoritative sourcebook on Antarctic discovery and exploration. (ANT217, $188.00)
Two Planks and a Passion, The Dramatic History of Skiing from Paleolithic Times Until Today  •  Roland Huntford   • HISTORY • COMING IN NOVEMBER  •  The Golden Age of polar exploration, Huntford's particular specialty, gets loving attention in this masterly history of skiing from the Paleolithic (older than the wheel) to today. (EXP67, $29.95)
90 Degrees South, with Scott to the Antarctic  •  Herbert Ponting   • EXPLORATION  •  Herbert Ponting's extraordinary documentary footage of Scott's expedition. (ANT111, $29.95)
Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism  •  Stephanie Barczewski   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A specialist in cultural history, Barczewski reconsiders Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16 and the changing reputations of the two great British heroes. (ANT267, $28.95)
Antarctic Eyewitness, South with Mawson and Shackleton's Argonauts  •  Charles Laseron  •  Frank Hurley  •  Tim Bowden   • EXPLORATION  •  A facsimile edition of two great Antarctic expeditions, both involving Frank Hurley. (ANT132, $17.95)
Antarctica, Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance  •  Charles Neider   • EXPLORATION • COMING IN  •  An anthology of eyewitness reports by 14 Antarctic explorers raging from Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen to Edmund Hillary. Excellent reading. (ANT109, $18.95)
Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s  •  Tim Baughman   • EXPLORATION  •  This well written account of the pioneering Antarctic encounters stars Carsten Borchgrevnink, who spent the first winter on the continent in 1898 at the hut still standing at Cape Adare, and other early explorers. (ANT105, $12.00)
Below the Convergence, Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699-1839  •  Alan Gurney   • EXPLORATION  •  Gurney weaves remarkable tales of early exploration in this riveting account. (ANT43, $15.95)
Beyond the Barrier, The Story of Byrd's First Expedition to Antarctica  •  Eugene Rodgers   • EXPLORATION  •  Admiral Byrd de-mythologized. (ANT95, $18.95)
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)
Edge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica  •  Charles Neider   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A memorable account of adventures at Ross Island and the South Pole, including Neider's mishap with a helicopter on Mt. Erebus. With a nice selection of detailed maps and black-and-white photographs. (ANT157, $19.95)
Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage  •  Alfred Lansing   • EXPLORATION  •  The gripping tale of Shackleton's legendary perseverance as read by Tim Pigott-Smith. (ANT210, $29.95)
Explorer, The Life of Richard E. Byrd  •  Lisle Rose   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Drawing on recently available archives, Rose, a navy man himself -- and commentator on Byrd for A&E's Biography series and PBS's American Experience -- paints a vivid, balanced picture of the Antarctic explorer and polar champion. (ANT279, $34.95)
First Impressions, Antarctica 1773-1930  •  Douglas Sellick   • EXPLORATION  •  A nicely-edited anthology of Antarctic adventure. (ANT181, $26.95)
Great White South  •  Herbert Ponting  •  Roland Huntford   • EXPLORATION • COMING IN  •  Ponting's classic and often revealing account account of Scott's last expedition. (ANT94, $18.95)
Home of the Blizzard, The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914  •  Douglas Mawson   • EXPLORATION • COMING IN  •  One of the great stories of Antarctic adventure and exploration. (ANT65, $14.95)
Ice, Stories of Survival from Polar Exploration  •  Clint Willis   • EXPLORATION  •  Excerpts from the famous accounts of suffering and courage in the cold by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Ernest Shackleton, Douglas Mawson and other polar explorers. (ANT118, $16.95)
Lost Men, The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Expedition  •  Kelly Tyler-Lewis   • EXPLORATION  •  The dramatic tale of Shackleton's support team, stranded at Cape Evans when their ship the Aurora was set adrift in a gale. Tyler-Lewis draws on a rich source of newly discovered journals and diaries, interviews and her own experiences in the Antarctic to bring the story to life. (ANT225, $15.00)
Mawson, A Life  •  Philip Ayres   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A comprehensive biography of Sir Douglas Mawson. (ANT144, $24.95)
Off the Map, Tales of Endurance and Exploration  •  Fergus Fleming   • EXPLORATION  •  Master storyteller Fleming (Killing Dragons, Ninety Degrees North) recounts 43 tales of adventure, both well-known and obscure, in this wonderfully diverse sampling. He opens with the exploits of Marco Polo and the Mongol Empire, moving briskly through the centuries up to Albert Nobile's fateful attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. (EXP36, $16.00)
Polar Journeys, The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration  •  Robert Feeney   • EXPLORATION  •  This is the book for anyone who has ever wondered about hoosh, pemmican and all the other makings of the early explorers' diets. The author, a biochemist, looks at the nutrition and diet of explorers, linking developments in food preservation techniques to the history of polar exploration. (ANT107, $27.95)
Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest  •  Ranulph Fiennes   • EXPLORATION  •  British polar adventurer Fiennes reconsiders the legacy of Robert Falcon Scott. (ANT220, $27.95)
Scott of the Antarctic  •  Elsbeth Huxley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A classic biography of Scott, elegantly written. (ANT50, $24.95)
Scott of the Antarctic, A Life of Courage and Tragedy  •  David Crane   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • NEW  •  In this balanced and dramatic 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)
Scott's Last Expedition, The Journals  •  Robert Falcon Scott  •  Max Jones   • EXPLORATION  •  Scott's account of his last doomed expedition, recovered beside his frozen body. With an introduction by Bainbridge and extensive annotations by editior Max Jones (including a contemporary account of Scott by J.M. Barrie). (ANT46, $17.95)
Seven Summits  •  Dick Bass  •  Frank Wells  •  Rick Ridgeway   • EXPLORATION  •  Count-down: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciusko, Vinson and Everest. (EXP48, $15.99)
Shackleton  •  Roland Huntford   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This outstanding biography of "the boss" captures in vivid detail the remarkable Shackleton and his legendary leadership. (ANT39, $18.95)
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure  •  George Butler   • EXPLORATION  •  A stunning film of Shackleton's 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition, originally presented in IMAX theaters in glorious 70 mm. The aerial photography, documentary footage and reenactments also look good on the small screen. (ANT203, $19.99)
Shackleton's Boat Journey  •  Sir Edmund Hillary  •  Frank Worsley   • EXPLORATION  •  This classic account by the captain of the Endurance features the team's remarkable two-week boat journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. (ANT72, $14.95)
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition, The Voyage of the Nimrod  •  B. Riffenburgh   • EXPLORATION  •  A vivid account of the Nimrod Expedition, which bagged a furthest south, the South Magnetic Pole and got Shackleton knighted. (ANT209, $15.95)
Shackleton's Way, Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer  •  Margot Morrell  •  Stephanie Capparell   • EXPLORATION  •  The authors of this volume use the Shackleton story to illustrate principles of leadership, including the importance of hiring an outstanding crew, creating camaraderie and leading effectively in a crisis. (ANT140, $15.00)
South, Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition  •  Frank Hurley   • EXPLORATION  •  The original 1919 film produced by expedition photographer Frank Hurley and Ernest Shackleton, tinted, toned and restored by the British Film Institute. (ANT164, $29.95)
South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917  •  Ernest Shackleton  •  Peter King   • EXPLORATION  •  A handsome edition, much enriched by expedition photographs and explanatory notes. Shackleton chronicles the departure from South Georgia, his time on the ice, the extraordinary boat journey and rescue on Elephant Island. (ANT89, $19.95)
The Endurance, Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition  •  Caroline Alexander   • EXPLORATION  •  A retelling of the ill-fated expedition featuring 170 well chosen photographs by Shackleton's expedition photographer Frank Hurley -- many previously unpublished. (ANT67, $29.95)
The Frozen Ship, The Histories and Tales of Polar Exploration  •  Sarah Moss   • EXPLORATION  •  Moss demolishes cherished myths of the golden age of polar exploration -- and retells many of the greatest stories -- in this elegantly written revisionist account of the cult of heroism. (ARC206, $24.95)
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 South Pole, A Historical Reader  •  Anthony Brandt   • EXPLORATION  •  An anthology of accounts of Antarctic Exploration and the quest for the South Pole. (ANT216, $15.00)
The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912  •  Roald Amundsen  •  Roland Huntford   • EXPLORATION  •  Amundsen's vivid narrative, first published as 2 volumes, reflects his modesty -- and focus on the practical details of getting to the Pole. (ANT148, $26.00)
With Byrd at the South Pole, the Story of Little America  •  Joseph Rucker  •  Willard Van der Veer   • EXPLORATION  •  The Academy-Award winning tale of Byrd's expedition to Antarctica. (ANT165, $29.95)
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)