Polar

Reads
 Polar Reads
Books on the Antarctica abound but here are a few of
our favourites!

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 Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible
Voyage by Alfred Lansing
This book is considered to be the de nitive
account of Shackleton’s heroic journey,
surpassing Shackleton’s own account in
his South:

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y o f t h e A n t a rc t i c
Peninsula by Sanford Moss
Explores the natural riches of the coldest
continent and examines the plant and
animal life, particularly penguins, birds,
seals, and sh.

Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler

A modern Antarctic story, Wheeler spent
seven months in Antarctica to discover
what brings people to the coldest, windiest
and driest place on Earth. It was not plain
sailing. Angie Butler’s Polar Reads

South by Ernest Shackleton

The gripping story of Shackleton's failed
attempt, after learning of Amundsen's
attainment of the South Pole, to be the rst
to cross the nal continent from sea to sea.
One of the great titles in the Polar genre.
Let Heroes Speak: Antarctic Explorers by The Worst Journey in the
World by Aspley Cherry Garrard.
Michael H Rosove.  
No other book has drawn people into the
Early explorers who opened the forbidding compelling genre of polar exploration.
region to future discovery.  Cherry Garrard was the youngest member
on Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. A
must read.

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 The Home of the Blizzard by Douglas Mawson
A heart stopping classic and a must read.
The White Darkness by David Grann.
A beautiu ly written tragic tale of the modern day explorer Henry
Worsley who lost his life crossing Antarctica. A brilliant historian
and great friend of Ice Tracks.
The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition
1907-1909 by Ernest Shackleton
Mawson's Will by Lennard Bickel.
An extraordinary story of survival and exceptional courage.
Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski
A strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny Diski's journey to
Antarctica and her personal journey into her heart and soul...A
dazzling book.
The Quest for Frank Wild by Angie Butler
The truth of the nal years of Frank Wild's life. Wild was Ernest
Shackleton's closest friend and the only explorer to serve on ve
expeditions during the Heroic Age. The book adds a long lost
page to the annals of polar history. It will be gifted to all our
passengers.
With Shackleton and Mawson. The Antarctic Diaries of Frank
Wild by Angie Butler and Beau Riffenburgh.
Angie Butler’s most recent book co-authored by the eminent polar
historian Beau Riffenburgh the unseen diaries of Shackleton’s right
hand man Frank Wild. A ‘chilling’ insight into polar expeditions. 
Copies will be signed and sold on board Shackleton’s Final Quest
voyage.

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South

Pole by Jerri Nielsen.
During the winter of 1999, Dr Jerri Nielsen, the only physician on a
staff of forty-one people in Antarctica, discovered there was a
possibility she may die after discovering a lump in her breast. Her
story of survival is gripping.

Shackleton’s Critic - The Life and Diaries of Eric Stewart Marshall

by Angie Butler and Beau Riffenburgh.
This book tells the story – and presents the stirring and previously
unpublished diaries – of a remarkable explorer, the man who would
prove to be Shackleton’s severest critic. A unique insight into an
Edwardian whose recognition is long overdue.

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