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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION

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Antarctica Map


by National Geographic

  • 2002
  • MAP

An attractive wall map of Antarctica created from satellite imagery and published by National Geographic. (ANT214, $14.99)

Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s

Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s


by Tim Baughman

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Crevasse Roulette, The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58

Crevasse Roulette, The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58


by Jon Stephenson

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

The expedition geologist's account of the British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957-58, under the leadership of Dr Vivian Fuchs, which completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. (ANT304, $49.95)

Lost Men, The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Expedition

Lost Men, The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Expedition


by Kelly Tyler-Lewis

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

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)

Mountains of Madness, A Scientists's Odyssey in Antarctica

Mountains of Madness, A Scientists's Odyssey in Antarctica


by John Long | Tim Bowden

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 250 PAGES

A lively account of two fossil hunting expeditions in Antarctica. (ANT143, $24.95)

Polar Exploration, The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Polar Explorers

Polar Exploration, The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Polar Explorers


by Beau Riffenburgh

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER

A volume in the National Geographic Society Exploration Experience, this casebound book includes facsimiles of key documents, archival photographs and succinct accompanying text. (EXP76, $29.95)

Shackleton's Forgotten Men, The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic

Shackleton's Forgotten Men, The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic


by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton | Leonard Bickel

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 241 PAGES

The tale of Shackleton's team on the Ross Ice Shelf, who completed a 199-day sledge journey under harrowing conditions. (ANT103, $19.95)

The Southern Sky Guide

The Southern Sky Guide


by David Ellyard

  • SCIENCE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 104 PAGES

A primer of the southern sky for the amateur astronomer. With 24 outstanding charts by Wil Tirion and an introductory chapter on skywatching. (SCI05, $26.00)

Terra Incognita, Travels in Antarctica

Terra Incognita, Travels in Antarctica


by Sara Wheeler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A fine portrait of modern Antarctic scientists (and cooks and truck drivers), Wheeler's book weaves stories of modern adventure with commentary on the heroic age of exploration. A thoroughly enjoyable, anecdotal tribute. (ANT45, $15.00)

To the Ends of the Earth, Adventures of an Expedition Photographer

To the Ends of the Earth, Adventures of an Expedition Photographer


by Gordon Wiltsie | Alex Lowe

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

National Geographic photographer Wiltsie chronicles his inspiring adventures from bouldering as a youth in California's Chalk Bluff cliffs to early climbs in the Himalayas, and expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic, Patagonia, Mongolia and beyond in this illustrated journal. (ANT242, $35.00)

Two Planks and a Passion, The Dramatic History of Skiing from Paleolithic Times Until Today

Two Planks and a Passion, The Dramatic History of Skiing from Paleolithic Times Until Today


by Roland Huntford

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

Roland Huntford, the biographer of Nansen, Scott and Shackleton, turns his eye on the original polar conveyance in this masterly, engrossing history of skiing from its Paleolithic origins (older than the wheel) to today. (EXP67, $24.95)

 

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