An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket. Part of the lavishly illustrated "Discoveries" 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, $12.95)

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The Race to the White Continent, Voyages to the Antarctic
Alan Gurney
EXPLORATION •  2002 • PAPER  • 288 PAGES
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)