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A reprint of the 1922 manuscript in which the author relates his experiences as part of the team that set out from England in 1910 under the leadership of Robert Falcon Scott to explore the Antarctic and attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.

An account of the support group that was dispatched to assist Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 crossing of the Antarctic describes how the Ross Sea ship was lost in a gale, stranding ten men without supplies or a hope of resuce.

Examines Antarctica and Robert Scott's epic expedition to the South Pole.

Presents a brief biography of eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator James Cook, describing his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.

Lost and recovered pictures taking by Captain Robert Falcon Scott during the last months of the tragic Terra Nova Expedition, in which his party reached the South Pole in January 1912, but the five man party died on the treacherous travel back home and it is believed that Scott died on March 29, 1912 on Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

Provides an account of ill-fated English explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition that left a six-member scientific team stranded on the South Pole, adapted from the unpublished diaries of the men involved.

Provides an account of British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica, telling of how the crew survived after their ship became lodged in ice and finally sank. Presented in graphic novel form.

Biography of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.

A biography of Sir John Franklin who went on three expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage and disappeared on the third. Describes his role in mapping and exploring the Arctic.