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A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
RRP: £12.99£8.56"Conjures the rasp of the skin runner, the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights..." Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica "Ritter manages to articulate all the terrible beauty and... -
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
RRP: £9.99£5.47Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.'Superb ... the greatest survival story of all time' Sir Chris Bonington'One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and... -
The Worst Journey In The World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
RRP: £14.99£11.35One of the world's greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday.This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Scott's team, recorded the... -
Inspire: Life Lessons from the Wilderness by Ben Fogle
RRP: £10.99£7.25The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. What can rowing across the Atlantic teach us about boredom and about patience? ... -
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin 9781784758578 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.34_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first,... -
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
RRP: £10.99£7.12_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first,... -
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
RRP: £12.99£9.09A beautiful gift for the intrepid explorer in your life by one of the most acclaimed and beloved nature writers working today, the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old WaysA SUNDAY TIMES... -
Lonely Planet Antarctica by Lonely Planet
RRP: £18.99£13.61Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Antarctica is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get up close and personal with the local penguin... -
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis
RRP: £15.99£11.61* WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013 **Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Prize** Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize ** Shortlisted for Banff Adventure Travel Prize ** Shortlisted for Saltire Book of the Year Award * Gavin... -
Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes
RRP: £10.99£7.77Discover the exhilarating true story of Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expeditionTold through the words of the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes - one of the only men to understand his experience first-hand . . .'For anyone... -
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
RRP: £10.99£7.77**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'A master nature writer' (New York Times) provides the ultimate natural, social and cultural history of the Arctic landscape.The author of Horizon's classic work explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert... -
Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the Norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of embracing silenceAn author for our noisy times, full of a rare and deeply redemptive languor and perspective' Alain de... -
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World by Richard Evans
RRP: £20.00£15.04On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word from him, news arrived that he had not only survived his Arctic expedition but had become the first person... -
Skating To Antarctica by Jenny Diski
RRP: £10.99£7.40'I was so absorbed by her writing it was unreal . . . I find myself hungry to find the next morsel of who Jenny was and what her life was like' EMILIA CLARKE (on Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?) This strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny... -
Land of the Midnight Sun: My Arctic Adventures by Alexander Armstrong
RRP: £16.99£12.28In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong wraps up warm and heads ever north to explore the hostile Arctic winter - the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, and the final frontier of Canada and... -
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter 9781805330899
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Conjures the rasp of the ski runner, the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights' Sara Wheeler '[An] astonishing, haunting memoir' Isabella Tree The rediscovered classic memoir - the mesmerizingly beautiful... -
Wildlife of the Galapagos (Traveller's Guide) by Julian Fitter
RRP: £16.99£11.47The islands of the Galapagos, situated off the coast of Ecuador in South America, are home to some of the world's most fascinating wildlife and are visited by thousands of tourists each year. This series of books is designed to give visitors... -
Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife by Tony Soper 9781784770914
RRP: £16.99£11.54Updated throughout, the 7th edition of Bradt's Antarctica: a Guide to Wildlife is the most practical guide to the flora and fauna available for those 'going south'. Celebrating the amazing and often unique species of this spectacular environment, the... -
Philosophy for Polar Explorers by Erling Kagge
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Erling Kagge transforms and consoles us' Alain de Botton ____________________________Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the... -
Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects by Dr Jean de Pomereu
RRP: £25.00£19.28This stunning and powerfully relevant book tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections around the world. Retracing the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from... -
Footsteps in the Snow by John Dudeney 9781849955393
RRP: £18.99£15.65Footsteps in the Snow recounts a life shaped and dominated by Antarctica, a multi-facetted account of a life dedicated to Antarctic science, policy and governance. It is also the story of growth from callow youth to Antarctic professional in the most... -
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Story of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance, while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital... -
Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell
RRP: £10.99£7.40Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called 'the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none' for saving the lives of the twenty-seven men stranded with him on an Antarctic ice floe for almost two years. Written by two veteran business observers,... -
This Accursed Land: An epic solo journey across Antarctica by Lennard Bickel
RRP: £10.99£4.71Sir Edmund Hillary described Douglas Mawson's epic and punishing journey across 600 miles of unknown Antarctic wasteland as 'the greatest story of lone survival in polar exploration'.This Accursed Land tells that story; how Mawson declined to join... -
South: The Endurance Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
RRP: £9.99£6.52The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was perhaps the most ambitious, elaborate and confident of all the British attempts to master the South Pole. Like the others it ended in disaster, with the Endeavour first trapped and then crushed to pieces in... -
The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North by Sharon R. Chester 9780691139753
RRP: £28.00£22.80The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife--more... -
Svalbard (Spitsbergen) 6: with Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen by Roger Norum 9781784770471
RRP: £19.99£13.35The Bradt guide to Svalbard, including Spitsbergen, Franz Josef Land and Jan Mayen, is a unique, standalone guidebook to this evocative Arctic archipelago, a place that is plunged into darkness for four months each year and where there are 4,000 snow... -
Antarctica by Gabrielle Walker
RRP: £16.99£11.27There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or the sheer awesome beauty of the landscape- but none have... -
Wildlife of the Arctic (Traveller's Guide) by Richard Sale
RRP: £19.99£13.33This book celebrates the Arctic, exploring the natural history that has so inspired generations. Early travellers to the Arctic brought back tales of amazing creatures and of the endurance required of visitors, the... -
Antarctic Wildlife - A Visitor`s Guide by James Lowen
RRP: £17.99£14.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903657324Author James LowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint WILDGuidesPublisher WILDGuidesWeight(grams) 534gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 166mm * 19mm -
A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife by Hadoram Shirihai
RRP: £45.00£35.63This spectacularly illustrated book is the only complete guide to the wildlife and natural history of the vast and beautiful Antarctic region. Covering the Antarctic continent, the southern ocean, and the subantarctic islands, this guide illustrates... -
North To The Night by Alvah Simon 9780767904469
RRP: £19.00£14.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767904469Author Alvah SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division... -
When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic by Brad Borkan 9781945312052
RRP: £12.99£9.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945312052Author Brad BorkanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Terra Nova PressPublisher Terra Nova PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights by Melanie Windridge
RRP: £12.99£8.48The beautiful aurorae, or northern lights, are the stuff of legends. The ancient stories of the Sami people warn that if you mock the lights they will seize you, and their mythical appeal continues to capture the hearts and imagination of people across... -
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
RRP: £12.99£9.09A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet. Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of the remotest parts of the globe, as well as an encounter with the... -
Unknown Pleasures: Collected writing on life, death, climbing and everything in between by Andy Kirkpatrick
RRP: £14.95£11.11'The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.'Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick.Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller... -
Antarctic Atlas: New Maps and Graphics That Tell the Story of A Continent by Peter Fretwell
RRP: £35.00£25.29A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE ESTWA AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022One of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a... -
Journey to the Edge of the World by Billy Connolly 9780755319022 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.05Billy tells us the gripping story of his adventures in some of the remotest parts of the world.In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly set sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North West Passage - a... -
Journey to the Edge of the World by Billy Connolly
RRP: £10.99£7.40Billy tells us the gripping story of his adventures in some of the remotest parts of the world.In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly set sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North West Passage - a... -
A Short History Of Polar Exploration by Nick Rennison 9781843440901
RRP: £12.99£2.26According to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, 'Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised.' Despite this there has never been a shortage...