<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Polar Regions]]> https://www.thebookco.com Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:07:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Battle for the Ends of the Earth (The Coming Conflict in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/battle-for-the-ends-of-the-earth-9781668095454 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:36:09 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/battle-for-the-ends-of-the-earth-9781668095454 Battle for the Ends of the Earth (The Coming Conflict in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica) by James Bamford, 9781668095454From the acclaimed author of such news-making bestsellers as The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, a riveting account of stealth moves by superpowers in the polar regions—bold gambits that are intended to establish control of multi-trillion-dollar resource finds.Price: $30.00

]]> Battle for the Ends of the Earth (The Coming Conflict in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica) by James Bamford, 9781668095454From the acclaimed author of such news-making bestsellers as The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, a riveting account of stealth moves by superpowers in the polar regions—bold gambits that are intended to establish control of multi-trillion-dollar resource finds.Price: $30.00

]]> From the acclaimed author of such news-making bestsellers as The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, a riveting account of stealth moves by superpowers in the polar regions—bold gambits that are intended to establish control of multi-trillion-dollar resource finds. <![CDATA[Little America (Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/little-america-9781493099344 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:01:47 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/little-america-9781493099344 Little America (Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole) by Richard Evelyn Byrd, 9781493099344American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic mission..

Price: $24.95

]]> Little America (Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole) by Richard Evelyn Byrd, 9781493099344American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic mission..

Price: $24.95

]]> <![CDATA[Mawson's Will (The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/mawsons-will-9781586424084 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:09:32 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/mawsons-will-9781586424084 Mawson's Will (The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written) by Lennard Bickel, Sir Edmund Hillary, 9781586424084The “grim and inspiring” Arctic survival story of the legendary explorer who completed one of the most harrowing journeys in Antarctica’s history (Wall Street Journal).

50th anniversary edition • Named one of the “10 Best Books of 20th Century Exploration” by the Explorer's Club<..

Price: $19.95

]]> Mawson's Will (The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written) by Lennard Bickel, Sir Edmund Hillary, 9781586424084The “grim and inspiring” Arctic survival story of the legendary explorer who completed one of the most harrowing journeys in Antarctica’s history (Wall Street Journal).

50th anniversary edition • Named one of the “10 Best Books of 20th Century Exploration” by the Explorer's Club<..

Price: $19.95

]]> The “grim and inspiring” Arctic survival story of the legendary explorer who completed one of the most harrowing journeys in Antarctica’s history (Wall Street Journal).

50th anniversary edition • Named one of the “10 Best Books of 20th Century Exploration” by the Explorer's Club<..]]> <![CDATA[Towards the Coldest Place (The Long March to the South Pole)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/towards-the-coldest-place-9781803999937 Sat, 09 May 2026 18:11:19 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/towards-the-coldest-place-9781803999937 Towards the Coldest Place (The Long March to the South Pole) by Michael Smith, 9781803999937

The race to reach the South Pole is a compelling tale of courage and hardship. Begun by the Ancient Greeks, its history climaxed 2,000 years later with the ultimate triumph and tragedy of Amundsen and Scott, separated by a matter of weeks. Discover the role played by an ancient..

Price: $37.99

]]> Towards the Coldest Place (The Long March to the South Pole) by Michael Smith, 9781803999937

The race to reach the South Pole is a compelling tale of courage and hardship. Begun by the Ancient Greeks, its history climaxed 2,000 years later with the ultimate triumph and tragedy of Amundsen and Scott, separated by a matter of weeks. Discover the role played by an ancient..

Price: $37.99

]]> The race to reach the South Pole is a compelling tale of courage and hardship. Begun by the Ancient Greeks, its history climaxed 2,000 years later with the ultimate triumph and tragedy of Amundsen and Scott, separated by a matter of weeks. Discover the role played by an ancient..]]> <![CDATA[Inuit, Oblate Missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965]]> https://www.thebookco.com/inuit-oblate-missionaries-and-grey-nuns-in-the-keewatin-1865-1965-9780773556836 Sat, 02 May 2026 13:05:10 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/inuit-oblate-missionaries-and-grey-nuns-in-the-keewatin-1865-1965-9780773556836 Inuit, Oblate Missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 by Frédéric B. Laugrand, Jarich G. Oosten, 9780773556836

Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns - interactions that have not yet received the att..

Price: $45.95

]]> Inuit, Oblate Missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 by Frédéric B. Laugrand, Jarich G. Oosten, 9780773556836

Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns - interactions that have not yet received the att..

Price: $45.95

]]> Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns - interactions that have not yet received the att..]]> <![CDATA[The Making of an Explorer (George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-making-of-an-explorer-9780773527980 Sat, 02 May 2026 07:46:20 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-making-of-an-explorer-9780773527980 The Making of an Explorer (George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916) by Stuart E. Jenness, 9780773527980

The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary and other s..

Price: $75.00

]]> The Making of an Explorer (George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916) by Stuart E. Jenness, 9780773527980

The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary and other s..

Price: $75.00

]]> The Making of an Explorer reveals how George Hubert Wilkins' experiences with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16 helped a little-known Australian photographer develop into the world-famous polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Making extensive use of Wilkins' Arctic diary and other s..]]> <![CDATA[May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth (Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/may-we-be-spared-to-meet-on-earth-9780228011392 Sat, 02 May 2026 04:34:56 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/may-we-be-spared-to-meet-on-earth-9780228011392 May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth (Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition) by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, Mary Williamson, Michael Palin, 9780228011392

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic.

The letters of the crew and their correspo..

Price: $49.95

]]> May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth (Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition) by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, Mary Williamson, Michael Palin, 9780228011392

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic.

The letters of the crew and their correspo..

Price: $49.95

]]> May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic.

The letters of the crew and their correspo..]]> <![CDATA[The Best Journey in the World (An Antarctic Story)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-best-journey-in-the-world-an-antarctic-story-9780316570725 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:45:18 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-best-journey-in-the-world-an-antarctic-story-9780316570725 The Best Journey in the World (An Antarctic Story) by Kim Stanley Robinson, 9780316570725Interweaving memoir and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again.

In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-b..

Price: $45.00

]]> The Best Journey in the World (An Antarctic Story) by Kim Stanley Robinson, 9780316570725Interweaving memoir and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again.

In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-b..

Price: $45.00

]]> Interweaving memoir and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again.

In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-b..]]> <![CDATA[Antarctica: Deadly Allure]]> https://www.thebookco.com/antarctica-deadly-allure-9781849955935 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:47:51 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/antarctica-deadly-allure-9781849955935 Antarctica: Deadly Allure by Roderick Rhys Jones, 9781849955935This features Antarctic exploration after the heroic years of Scott, Shackleton and Mawsom but before the technological age. It interweaves a personal story of discovery in Antarctica in the ’60s with the lives and deaths of those who were tragically lost and the creation of monuments to them. In ..

Price: $24.95

]]> Antarctica: Deadly Allure by Roderick Rhys Jones, 9781849955935This features Antarctic exploration after the heroic years of Scott, Shackleton and Mawsom but before the technological age. It interweaves a personal story of discovery in Antarctica in the ’60s with the lives and deaths of those who were tragically lost and the creation of monuments to them. In ..

Price: $24.95

]]> <![CDATA[N-4 Down (The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/n-4-down-the-hunt-for-the-arctic-airship-italia-9780062851529 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:12:44 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/n-4-down-the-hunt-for-the-arctic-airship-italia-9780062851529 N-4 Down (The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia) by Mark Piesing, 9780062851529

"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal

The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, w..

Price: $29.99

]]> N-4 Down (The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia) by Mark Piesing, 9780062851529

"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal

The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, w..

Price: $29.99

]]> "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal

The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, w..]]>