At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fierc...
Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra...
A gripping history of the agonies and feuds, as well as the joys, of the legendary 1911-2 British...
Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to preserve ...
In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own startin...
This is the first full-scale biography of Nansen, drawing on a wealth of new material including d...
'The first woman to ski solo to the South Pole tells the story of what it took to get there'--
Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero.A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott...
Offers a bold perspective on the power of feelings to move us away from ecological and cultural d...
Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra...