antarctica

Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.

Excerpts from his personal diaries help chronicle Robert Cushman Murphy's experiences aboard one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to the Antarctic in 1912.

Examines the evidence concerning the reduction of ice on the Antarctic continent and the major effects on coastal cities due to rising sea levels.

Profiles three explorers, U.S. Navy officer Charles Wilkes, French explorer Dumont d'Urville, and Royal Navy captain James Clark Ross, and discusses how their expeditions to the Antarctic helped pave the way for future explorers.

Chronicles Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole.

A collection of writing about the North and South Poles, featuring contributions from novelists, explorers, and natural scientists, including Jules Verne, Robert Peary, Jack London, Barry Lopez, and others.

Relates the author's observations of the vast and stark Antarctic region.

A brief biography of Ernest Shackleton, famous for his historic 1914 journey to the South Pole aboard the Endurance.

Discusses exploratory expeditions to the earth's polar regions in the twentieth century and the worlds thus opened to geologists, oceanographers, and other scientists.

Describes the life and expeditions of the Norwegian explorer who first reached the South Pole.