Ice Bird - The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica by David Lewis

$45.00 NZD

Category: Sailing | Reading Level: good-very good

Antarctic Partners 50 years of New Zealand and United States Cooperation in Antarctica 1957-2007 by Neville Peat

$25.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

Snow Dogs: The huskies of Antarctica by Neville Peat

$20.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

Antarctic Journeys by Philippa Werry

$12.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

Antarctica is a fascinating place - it has no native inhabitants, and it's very remote, which means everyone who goes there - today or in the past - has a special reason for wanting to go. It's a place that children can only imagine, because they cannot go there. This book is about the journeys that ce ntre around Antarctica, using that theme to build up an overall picture of Antarctic history, geography, science and wildlife. The incredibly challenging and at times fatal early expeditions are described and reveal the immense courage and perseverance needed to map and explore the region. Image rich, using photographs, maps and paintings, it also draws on letters, diaries, newspaper and eye-witness reports from the days of early exploration, as well as later research and interviews. Other non-fiction features include biographies, maps, a timeline and glossary. ...Show more

1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney

$16.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

“The South Pole discovered” trumpeted the front page of The Daily Chronicle on March 8, 1912, marking Roald Amundsen’s triumph over the tragic Robert Scott. Yet behind all the headlines there was a much bigger story. Antarctica was awash with expeditions. In 1912, five separate teams representing the ol d and new world were diligently embarking on scientific exploration beyond the edge of the known planet. Their discoveries not only enthralled the world, but changed our understanding of the planet forever. Tales of endurance, self-sacrifice, and technological innovation laid the foundations for modern scientific exploration, and inspired future generations. To celebrate the centenary of this groundbreaking work, 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica revisits the exploits of these different expeditions. Looking beyond the personalities and drawing on his own polar experience, Chris Turney shows how their discoveries marked the dawn of a new age in our understanding of the natural world. He makes use of original and exclusive unpublished archival material and weaves in the latest scientific findings to show how we might reawaken the public’s passion for discovery and exploration ...Show more

On The Edge: Astonishing True Stories of Exploration, Survival and Endurance by Edited by John Keay

$10.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Series: Giant Book Ser. | Reading Level: good

On the Edge's liner notes end with the proclamation "Hail to the Power, Spirit, and Might of Heavy Metal!" Such an unabashedly earnest sentiment could only come from a band like Iron Fire (or Manowar, for that matter), who dutifully adhere to all of the most cherished tenets of '80s metal: sizzling dual guitar cadenzas, plenty of double bass drumming, and songs that address subjects like hell, the prince of darkness, judgment day and, of course, evil. The singer even sounds like Vince Neil. Iron Fire's total lack of innovation or forward thinking is nearly compensated for by the group's spirited and completely unselfconscious allegiance to the stylings of classic metal. And kudos to the band for including a harmonica and Hammond organ on "Wanted Man." ~ Andy Hinds ...Show more

Eliot Porter: Antarctica by Eliot Porter

$35.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic

Antarctic Odyssey - In The Footsteps Of The South Polar Explorers by Graham Collier

$25.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

Both a journey in the footsteps of others and an account of the author's own experiences with the spectacular wildlife: from Emperor penguins to skuas, which prey on their chicks, to leopard seals and the Orcas. Through his reflections and observations upon the waste of irridescent ice and snow, the boo k captures the spirit of this place, now the only uninhabited continent and the last place on earth to be explored. He recounts the famous stories of the early south polar expeditions, visiting the sites of their triumphs and disasters. Starting from the Magellan Straits, he moves on to South Georgia, Elephant Island, where the refugees from the Endurance sheltered ona strip of beach for months, and Peter 1 Island before venturing into the Weddell Sea from where the expeditions of Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen set forth. ...Show more

Antarctica: The Extraordinary History of Man's Conquest of the frozen Continent by K. Radway Allen et al.

$25.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

The White Desert: His Personal Story of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition

$15.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

The Lonely South: Kerguelen and the Antarctic by Andre Migot

$25.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good

The Great White South or With Scott in the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting

$30.00 NZD

Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: good-very good