Best Artic Polar Region Travel Guides
Their survival, and the survival of the men they left behind, depended on their small lifeboat successfully finding the island of South Georgia-a tiny dot of land in a vast and hostile ocean. 'A superb account of the greatest survival story of our time' - Chris Bonington The story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey to cross the Antarctic overland has now been turned into four hours of gripping television with Kenneth Branagh playing Shackleton. Shackleton's mission failed, but the resulting adventure became one of the most celebrated accounts of man's survival against unbelievable odds.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Other must-reads in the genre are The Long Walk (though that turns out to be most likely fiction so I no longer recommend it), Into the Wild, and Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North. At the time of launching, Shakleton's expedition was history's most extensively planned exploratory trip to Antarctic, complete with a photographer, scientists, carpenters and engineers (a crew of 27 in total). The crew salvaged what it could and was forced to make do with dwindling supplies and provisions, eventually eating some of their beloved dogs. I won't dampen your reading pleasure by giving away too much of the unfolding events, but through a combination of amazing resourcefulness, outstanding leadership, and ultimately incredible luck on the part of Shakleton, the whole crew survived without a single life lost."
"My wife and I have been hooked on the story since first laying eyes on the pictures that accompany the story of what Shackleton and his men went through."
"You will not find a boring page in this book, and if you need an idea for a gift , this would suit any curious person ( even a wimpy female like me)."
"A great read for anyone who enjoys the outdoors, fest adventures, and especially the cold."
"Led by Ernest Shackleton, the purpose of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic continent on land, from one end to the other, across the South Pole. In October, when it became clear that the Endurance was going to be crushed by the pack ice, Shackleton ordered his crew to abandon ship. From there, Shackleton and a crew of five journeyed through the roughest seas on the planet back to South Georgia Island, about 800 miles away. Shacklteon then returned by ship to Elephant Island to rescue his crew, arriving on August 30, 2016, two years after they had left England."
This New York Times bestselling Nordic tale in the tradition of The Snowman, The Polar Express, and the many books of Jan Brett will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. The full-page photographs look like they could be movie stills, so sharp and seamless are the figures that Anja and the animals cut against the winter landscape of Northern lights, glaciers, and snowy pine trees.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My kids were enamored at the first page and loved the story of trying to find the north pole."
"We have a collection of Christmas books to read during December and this one was a standout this year."
"What an adorable story."
"Great book!"
"Beautiful story."
"Beautiful story, great gift for adults and children alike."
"Such a Beautiful book!"
"Beautiful book to keep for years to come."
A Best Book of the Year USA Today * Time Magazine * Washington Post * Miami Herald * Richmond Times Dispatch *. Christian Science Monitor * Daily Beast * Minneapolis Star Tribune On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice : The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, which recounts the astonishing tribulations of a group of seafarers determined to be the first men to reach and reconnoiter the North Pole, is a splendid book in every way … It would be malicious to ruin the suspense about the fate of the Jeannette’s crew… The book is. a marvelous nonfiction thriller .”. -- The Wall Street Journal. “ [Sides] brings vividness to In the Kingdom of Ice , and in the tragedy of the Jeannette he’s found a story that epitomizes both the heroism and the ghastly expense of life that characterized the entire Arctic enterprise…With an eye for the telling detail, he sketches the crew members as individuals…The bare facts of what happened to the Jeannette’s crew are easily Googleable, but if you don’t already know the story, In the Kingdom of Ice reads like a first-class epic thriller . As De Long and his crew attempt to save themselves, the story grows in suspense and psychological complexity…More strange and fantastic turns follow, involving uncharted and uninhabited lands, and it pains me that I cannot describe them without spoiling the pleasure of those who have not yet read In the Kingdom of Ice . But there is also beauty here… [Sides] writes superbly on the geography of Siberia and the Arctic, and the abundant bird and animal life the explorers encountered on their travels, which took them across ice, storm-tossed seas, treacherous tundra, rocky seacoasts, and volcanic islands.” --The Boston Globe “…harrowing and impeccably paced.” -- The New Yorker "A dazzling page-turner.....”. -- Nathaniel Philbrick, New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Bunker Hill and Sea of Glory. “An astonishingly good story....”. -- Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author of The Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt "Hampton Sides conjures the doomed USS Jeannette and her courageous crew with haunting power...." -- Caroline Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The Endurance and The Bounty "A spellbinding tale....” -- David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of Z "Hampton Sides is one of America’s most expansive and engaging storytellers, and he proves it again with the incredible saga of the USS Jeannette ...." -- Scott Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The letters written by Lt. DeLong's wife during the time he and the ship and crew were out of contact are hear-warming and -rending and provide an excellent counter-point and commentary on the main narrative, and the author's access to the surviving journals and letters of the other crew members allow him to paint full-bodied portraits of the men on the ice. You come very quickly to care about these men and their fates."
"Although I bogged down a bit with all the history that was given for each man, once they set sail I was there with them and can only try to imagine what it was like."
"I loved this book."
"On July 8, 1879 the USS Jeanñette, under the command of George W. De Long, sailed from San Francisco Harbor bound for the Bering Strait and the Polar Ocean north of the Arctic Circle. Her mission was to explore and chart the little known waters north the Siberian Coast in order to verify, or invalidate, the "Open Polar Sea" theory and to determine if the newly discovered Wrangle Island was, in fact, part of much larger land mass, an unknown continent, stretching all the way to the North Pole. Now, to survive, they must somehow get away from the ice-pack, fight their way through treacherous sea-ice and navigate over a thousand miles of storm tossed Arctic Ocean before they could make landfall on one of the planet's coldest and most hostile coastlines: Siberia. But, even if they did somehow manage to make landfall, their prospects for survival would still be bleak. Just finding human settlements in this sparsely populated land would be hard enough and living "off the land" would also prove difficult."
"Mr Sides is a terrific writer with a talent to bring an historic event to life by drawing his characters into a current reality and weaving them so skillfully into an engrossing plot that forces the reader to keep turning the pages hungrily."
"I really loved this book because I purposely didn't look up the polar expeditions so I had no idea what was going to happen or not happen!"
Best Antarctica Travel Guides
Their survival, and the survival of the men they left behind, depended on their small lifeboat successfully finding the island of South Georgia-a tiny dot of land in a vast and hostile ocean. 'A superb account of the greatest survival story of our time' - Chris Bonington The story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey to cross the Antarctic overland has now been turned into four hours of gripping television with Kenneth Branagh playing Shackleton. Shackleton's mission failed, but the resulting adventure became one of the most celebrated accounts of man's survival against unbelievable odds.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Other must-reads in the genre are The Long Walk (though that turns out to be most likely fiction so I no longer recommend it), Into the Wild, and Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North. At the time of launching, Shakleton's expedition was history's most extensively planned exploratory trip to Antarctic, complete with a photographer, scientists, carpenters and engineers (a crew of 27 in total). The crew salvaged what it could and was forced to make do with dwindling supplies and provisions, eventually eating some of their beloved dogs. I won't dampen your reading pleasure by giving away too much of the unfolding events, but through a combination of amazing resourcefulness, outstanding leadership, and ultimately incredible luck on the part of Shakleton, the whole crew survived without a single life lost."
"My wife and I have been hooked on the story since first laying eyes on the pictures that accompany the story of what Shackleton and his men went through."
"You will not find a boring page in this book, and if you need an idea for a gift , this would suit any curious person ( even a wimpy female like me)."
"A great read for anyone who enjoys the outdoors, fest adventures, and especially the cold."
"Led by Ernest Shackleton, the purpose of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic continent on land, from one end to the other, across the South Pole. In October, when it became clear that the Endurance was going to be crushed by the pack ice, Shackleton ordered his crew to abandon ship. From there, Shackleton and a crew of five journeyed through the roughest seas on the planet back to South Georgia Island, about 800 miles away. Shacklteon then returned by ship to Elephant Island to rescue his crew, arriving on August 30, 2016, two years after they had left England."