U.S. Government, 1873. First Edition. Map. Map, 24.6 x 18 inches, inside borders; sheet size, 26 x 19.1 inches. Chart shows the daily routes of the ships involved in searching for the survivors of the 'Polaris,' captained by Charles Francis Hall, in an attempt to reach the North Pole. In.....
Weybright and Talley, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 363 pages. Illustrated. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
W W Norton & Co Inc, September 2000. Hardcover. In the 1830s, much of the world was still unexplored territory to European and American travelers, and the forbidding Antarctic region represented perhaps the ultimate mystery. Was there, in fact, a new polar continent where James Cook during his voyages of.....
Carroll & Graf Pub, November 1999. Hardcover. It is the most remote and inhospitable, the coldest and driest of the earth's continents. Its bleakly stunning landscapes have attracted the boldest of the heroic age of exploration. Graham Collier tells its story in gorgeous photographs and vivid prose -- and how.....
Smithsonian, October 1990. Hardcover.
Viking Adult, November 1988. Hardcover.
International University Press, 1943. Hardcover. 308 pages. The story of a 6 month 2,000 mile journey by canoe across the Arctic. 1943 reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 436 pages. The official account of Byrd's Antarctic expedition, the first American expedition of its kind. The book title is named after Byrd's base camp on Ross Island shelf. 4 maps. Numerous photographic illustrations. Signed by the author and 'G. P. Putnams.....
Carroll & Graf Pub, July 1989. Trade Paperback.
Modern Library, October 2000. Hardcover.
Dover Pubns, June 1986. Trade Paperback.
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2005. Hardcover. Bruce Henderson has constructed this revealing narrative out of the claims and counterclaims of Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, introducing fascinating scientific and psychological evidence to put the appalling details of polar travel in a new context.
Oxford University Press, USA, March 2001. Hardcover. Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and stamina. A Fabulous Kingdom: Tales of the Arctic charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole in unprecedented.....
Macmillan Pub Co, October 1985. Trade Paperback.
University of Illinois Press, January 1959. Hardcover.
Naval Institute Press, June 1998. Hardcover. The diary of a young member of the rescue party sent to find British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 describes their hardships and frustrations.
Bellevue Literary Press, April 2008. Trade Paperback. John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book PEN/Martha Albrand Award Finalist "[Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well." --PEN Awards Committee citation A classic of contemporary nature writing, the award-winning Water, Ice & Stone is.....
Weybright and Talley, 1975. Hardcover. 363 pages. Illustrated.