Search Results for ‘Arctic’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 14 matches found

Shipwrecked on the Top of the World

In 1743 fourteen Walrus hunters from Russia were stranded on the icepack around Svalbard after a storm destroyed their ship. Marooned with minimal provisions but with their incredible endurance and...

The Ends Of The Earth

“The Ends Of The Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing On The Arctic and the Antarctic” features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works...

The Meaning of Tingo

Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means "to take off your clothes in order to dance"? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming...

The Polar World - The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert

“The Polar World” captures the spirit of the Arctic and Antarctic as never seen before - through the eyes of Sir Wally Herbert, a man who is the bridge between the heroic age of exploration and modern...

The Snow Geese

I¿m not fond of birds. So I wouldn¿t usually choose to read about a birdwatcher¿s obsessive quest. But The Snow Geese is much more than a ¿bird¿ book. Fiennes¿ journey across North America in pursuit...

Barrow's Boys

"Barrows Boy's" records the history of British exploration in the first half of the 19th century, examining events in the Arctic, Antarctic, Australia and West Africa. Fleming dusts down the surreal...

Ninety Degrees North

The atlas of the mid 1800's was covered in blank spaces. In the mid 19th century, people decided to discover what lay at the top of the world. "Ninety Degrees North" chronicles this race for the North...

The Ice Master

In 1913, what was to have been the grandest and most elaborate Arctic expedition in history ended just six weeks later with the HMCS Karluk trapped by polar ice. Five months later, hopelessly off course...

Tundra Mouse Mountain

‘What will you dream about tonight, Sari?’
‘I’ll dream about bears or elk calves.’
With touching observations and poignant moments of self-discovery, this picture book follows a trip taken by a mother...

Facing the Frozen Ocean

In June 2003, Bear Grylls and his team set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, across the infamous Labrador Sea, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. The team headed for the vast...

Give Me My Father's Body

In this book the story of arctic exploration is told through the eyes of the Eskimos.
Minik and six other Inuit were taken from Greenland to New York in 1897. There they were put on display like circus...

The Earth

Fortey, a paleontologist by profession, has created an exceptional 'Intimate History' of the Earth. Adopting the role of enthusiastic guide, he leads the reader around and even into some of the world...

Iceland - Scenes and Sagas

Illustrated with Baring-Gould's own drawings, “Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas” is an entertaining and eccentric insight into a world of myth and legend as well as a classic of natural and human observation...

The Blue Fox

The “Blue Fox” takes place in the year 1883 - the stark Icelandic winter is the backdrop.
We follow the priest, Baldur Skuggason, on his hunt for the enigmatic blue fox. And just as the priest pulls...