Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony
By: David C. Woodman
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
David Woodman's classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin exp…
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1. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
By: Margaret Atwood , Owen Beattie , John Geiger
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The revised text of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of nineteenth century British Arctic ex… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- canada
2. The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
By: Paul Theroux , Roland Huntford
4.35
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercel… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
By: Russell A. Potter
4.15
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had l… read more
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- maritime
- nonfiction
- history
4. The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2)
By: China Miéville
3.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque … read more
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5. Cloud Atlas
By: David Mitchell
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Cloud Atlasbegins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to hi… read more
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6. Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy
By: Fergus Fleming
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most chal… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
By: Ken McGoogan
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of hono… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- canada
8. Arctic Dreams
By: Barry Lopez
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his m… read more
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9. The Little Stranger
By: Sarah Waters
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Several sleepless nights are guaranteed."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly One postwar summer i… read more
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10. James Fitzjames: the Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition
By: None
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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11. The Fisherman
By: John Langan
3.91
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more
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- mystery
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"-John Langan, The Fisherman
"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"-John Langan, The Fisherman
12. The Lottery and Other Stories
By: Shirley Jackson
4.32
Format: 480 pages,
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when i… read more
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13. Dark Matter
By: Michelle Paver
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poo… read more
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14. The Terror
By: Dan Simmons
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more
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15. The North Water
By: Ian McGuire
3.98
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arcti… read more
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"The redundancy of flesh, he thinks, the helplessness of meat, how can we conjure spirit from a bone?"-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Oh, the others will talk and plan and make oaths and promises, but there are precious few fuckers who will do."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Cleverness, he thinks, will get you nowhere; it is only the stupid, the brilliantly stupid, who will inherit the earth."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
"Death, he believes, is a kind of making, a kind of building up. What was one thing, he thinks, is become something else."-Ian McGuire, The North Water
16. The Sundial
By: Shirley Jackson
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Paperback
Aunt Fanny knows when the world will end.... Aunt Fanny has always been somewhat peculiar. No one i… read more
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17. The Twisted Ones
By: T. Kingfisher
3.64
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds lo… read more
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- mystery
"Perhaps Welsh fairies stole children and confiscated their vowels."-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones
"It's a long drive. It's pretty, actually, if you go through West Virginia, but of course then you're in West Virginia."-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones
18. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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- canada
19. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
By: Julian Sancton
4.27
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
20. Where the Dead Wait
By: Ally Wilkes
3.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more
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- mystery
"Why would I want to die last?"-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait
"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait
21. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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- history
22. The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
3.62
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more
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"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
23. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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- nonfiction
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- canada
24. Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony
By: David C. Woodman
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
David Woodman's classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin exp… read more
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- mystery
25. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition
By: Russell A. Potter
4.61
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
"May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth" is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the … read more
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- maritime
- nonfiction
- history
- canada
26. Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found
By: Gillian Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – th… read more
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- nonfiction
27. Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition
By: Michael Smith
4.36
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Captain Francis Crozier was a major figure in 19th century Arctic and Antarctic exploration who led… read more
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- history
28. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2
By: William Edward Parry
3.71
Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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29. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
By: William Edward Parry
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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30. North with Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames
By: John Wilson
4.07
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Based on a series of letters written by Franklin expedition officer James Fitzjames -- journals whi… read more
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"„Well James,“ he said addressing me, as he does the officers in his command, informally, „it is true that many of our recent inventions will become much improved with use, and one day soon we may eve…"-John Wilson, North with Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames
31. The Spectral Arctic: A History of Ghosts and Dreams in Polar Exploration
By: Shane McCorristine
3.75
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
The Arctic was long imagined as an otherworldly place, thousands of miles from the warmth and famil… read more
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