The Voyage of Discovery, Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, Vol. II  •  Robert Falcon Scott EXPLORATION •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 656 PAGES • COMING IN Volume two of Scott's account of the expedition, including blizzards, bad weather and a treacherous sea voyage. Shackleton was an expedition member. A classic in the annals of exploration, originally published in 1905 with a preface by Nansen. (ANT161, $35.00)
The Voyage of Discovery, Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, Vol. I  •  Robert Falcon Scott EXPLORATION •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 712 PAGES • COMING IN Volume one of Scott's account of the expedition, including blizzards, bad weather and a treacherous sea voyage. Shackleton was an expedition member. A classic in the annals of exploration, originally published in 1905 with a preface by Nansen. (ANT160, $35.00)
Shackleton's Captain, A Biography of Frank Worsley  •  John Bell Thomson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1999 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES • COMING IN An appreciative, nicely illustrated biography of Frank Worsley, loyal friend to Shackleton and a remarkable navigator. The book covers his youth in New Zealand, exploits with Shackleton, time as a submarine captain, residence in London and treasure-hunting at Coco Island. It's a well documented chronicle of a full life, with numerous black and white illustrations. (ANT77, $16.95)
Alone, The Classic Polar Adventure  •  Richard E. Byrd  •  Kieran Mulvaney EXPLORATION •  2003 •  PAPER  • 309 PAGES A facsimile edition of Byrd's 1938 best-selling journal. Byrd, already an American hero, produced this diary of beauty, isolation and the day-to-day struggle to maintain sanity while locked in a nine by thirteen shack with a defective heater (which was poisoning him with carbon monoxide). (ANT74, $18.95)
The Ice, A Journey to Antarctica  •  Stephen J. Pyne TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 428 PAGES • COMING IN An exhilarating, philosophical meditation on ice, this book encompasses the history of exploration, geophysics of the ice, and the symbolic meaning of the White Continent in art and literature. (ANT41, $22.50)
The Sea and the Ice, A Naturalist in Antarctica  •  Louis J. Halle 1989 •  PAPER • COMING IN This well written travelogue is an account of a voyage to the Antarctic Peninsula by a writer and naturalist: personal, informative and recommended. (ANT25, $15.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)
Antarctica, The Blue Continent  •  David McGonigal  •  Lynn Woodworth NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES • COMING IN This excellent primer, featuring hundreds of well-chosen photographs and excellent maps, is organized into four sections: environment, geography, nature and wildlife, and exploration. The surveys of Antarctic regions (including a glorious map of the Gerlache Strait) and wildlife are particularly good. We recommend it heartily. (ANT193, $29.95)