12 must-read nonfiction books like SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE by Frank Wild

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SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE

By: Frank Wild

4.11

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

In the subsequent pages of this book the reader will find recorded the story of the voyage of the Q…

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Cover of In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

By: Hampton Sides

4.27

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."

-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"

-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Cover of South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917 by Ernest Shackleton

2. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

By: Ernest Shackleton

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shack… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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3. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By: Alfred Lansing

4.44

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"

-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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4. Endurance

By: Patrick O'Brian , Frank A. Worsley

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endur… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction

5. Expeditionen: Min kärlekshistoria

By: Bea Uusma

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Juli 1897. Ingenjor Andrees expedition ger sig ivag i en vatgasballong med riktning Nordpolen. En d… read more

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6. The Birthday Boys

By: Beryl Bainbridge

3.86

Format: 416 pages,

In this stunning novel, award-winning author Beryl Bainbridge offers a fictionalized account of the… read more

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7. The Worst Journey in the World

By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard , Caroline Alexander

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole… read more

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8. Shackleton's Boat Journey

By: Frank A. Worsley

4.18

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

This is an account of the Shackleton boat journey. The journey began in August 1914 in London and t… read more

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9. The Ice Master

By: Jennifer Niven

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staf… read more

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10. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

By: Mensun Bound

4.12

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

11. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"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

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12. The White Darkness

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrill… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley"

-David Grann, The White Darkness

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13. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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14. Shackleton: A Biography

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.32

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition through the words of the worl… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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15. Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd

By: Per Olof Sundman

3.84

Format: 330 pages, Mass Market Paperback

En roman om Andrées försök att nå Nordpolen med luftballong read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. The Worst Journey In The World, The Graphic Novel, Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down

By: Sarah Airriess

4.79

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Produced in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, The Worst Journey in … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE by Frank Wild

17. SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE

By: Frank Wild

4.11

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

In the subsequent pages of this book the reader will find recorded the story of the voyage of the Q… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Quest Chronicle: The Story of the Shackelton - Rowett Expedition by Jan Chojecki

18. The Quest Chronicle: The Story of the Shackelton - Rowett Expedition

By: Jan Chojecki

4.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1921, a converted Norwegian sealer, Quest, carried the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton … read more

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