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Mankato, MN:: Creative Editions,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good dust jacket (tear along fold of back cover of dj) . First printing. A retelling of an Inuit creation myth which recounts how the wolf and the caribou came to be brothers. Retold by Jessell and illustrated with his full-color, full-page and double-page paintings. Oblong format. 30 pp.

New York:: Carroll & Graf,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket (little crinkling to dj at top of spine.). First US edition. Bainbridge's twelth novel, and considered by some to be her best. A brilliantly fictionalized account of Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition in 1912.

Racine, WI:: Whitman,, 1963.. Hardcover -. Very good+ in glossy illustrated boards (usual toning to the pages.). Illustrated by Arnie Kohn. Includes the Greely Expedition to Franklin Bay, Robert Peary and much more.

Chicago:: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press,, (1961). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in red boards with gold lettering on spine in a very near fine dust jacket. Original price of $2.95 printed on dust jacket front flap. 190 pp. . First edition. An account of the American naval officer, aviator and polar explorer Richard Byrd which focuses on his life of constant adventure, starting at a young age, and his bravery in trying to survive at the Advance Base during his second expedition. A title in the Great Lives for Young Americans Series. Map. Illustrated with drawings by Robert Boehmer. 190 pp.

Shrewsbury, UK:: Swan Hill Press,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (embossed seal of previous owner). First printing. A combination of a history of polar exploration and an account of the author's own attempt to reach the North Pole. Illustrated with full-color photographs. Select bibliography, index. 144 pp.

Toronto & Oxford,: Oxford University Press,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards.. First printing. Charming Inuit folktale illustrated with scenes from shadow puppets. Includes a page on how to create your own shadow puppet theater and 2 pages of templates. Oblong format. 32 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (1999). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. An attractive new edition of this classic account of Shackleton's 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition by the commander of the ship, Endurance, and originally published in 1931. Includes a new preface by Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xxvi, 310 pp.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2013.). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A true account of heroism and determination both during World War II and recently: "On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. With the weather worsening, the U.S. military launched a daring rescue mission, sending a Grumman Duck amphibious plane to find the men. . . [this is an] account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors.. . Moving forward to today, Zuckoff recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc., led by an indefatigable dreamer named Lou Sapienza, who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck's last flight and recover the remains of its crew.. . a blend of… Read More

Edmonton, Canada: : Hurtig Publishers,, (1982.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.). First printing. A year's diary entries (actually an amalgam of the many years she lived in Igloolik and Repulse Bay), written by an American-born Canadian living a semi-reclusive life in the Northwest Territories, and which reflect a vanishing Arctic way of life. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 192 pp. Endpaper maps. Includes a mimeographed insert which lists pseudonyms for people mentioned in the book.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1954.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fair only dust jacket (closed tear with associated creasing to the front cover, other edgewear, sunning to the spine and edges of the dj.).. First printing. Story for older children by this Danish born author - she attempts to show life in a typical village, as she tells the story of Jako, who is a successful hunter, but who wants to be an artist, his portray the beauty he sees in the cold stark land of Greenland. Illustrated with drawings by Raymond Creekmore. 148 pp.

New York:: Hyperion,, (2001.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Neilsen was the physician at the Admundsen-Scott South Pole Station when she discovered a lump in her breast after the ice had set in, isolating the station from any help. This is her account of how she treated herself, of the support of the other members, and finally was air-lifted out in a dangerous rescue flight. Illustrated with photograhs. 362 pp.

New York:: Hyperion,, (2001.). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (the pen used in signing scored the title page.). Later printing. The true of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the physician stranded at a South Pole research station who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer until she could be airlifted out several months later. In addition, though, this is a book about the wonders of Antarctica and of the difficulties encountered by the scientists and researchers there. Boldly INSCRIBED on the title by Nielsen. Map, photographs. xvi, 362 pp.

Carmel, IN:: Cork Hill Press,, (2005). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dust jacket (missing front endpaper). First edition. Novel spanning 200 years, from just before the arrival of the Russians in Alaska to the late 20th century, one which tells the story of "a native people struggling to meet the challenge of invaders to their homeland and their struggle to maintain their cultural identity.. . Topu, the village where the story takes place, is a fictional place based on many of the characteristics of native villages in the area.. . The story is based on interviews with elders and listening to their native history as told through dance and stories." 130 pp.

Palo Alto, CA:: The Wilderness Society and American West Publishing Co,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in dark blue cloth in a near fine dust jacket. (some toning to the spine of the dj). First printing. A first-hand description of the Arctic - as it was and as it is - by a naturalist whose adventures there spanned 47 years. Murie took his first field trip to the Hudson Bay region in 1914, observing the land and the wildlife, and learning the ways of the peoples of the North. Later expeditions took him to Labrador and many parts of Alaska. What he saw and felt on these travels was recorded in the sketchbook and journal that were always tucked away in his pocket. Edited and with a preface by Margaret E. Murie, who shared her husband's love of the Arctic and many of his experiences there. They worked closely together to protect the pristine Brooks Range and the Sheenjek River Valley, and their hard work played a major role in the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.… Read More

Greenwich, Connecticut:: New York Graphic Society Publishers,, (1964). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease on front flap of dj). First printing. An account of the history of exploration of Antarctica, "beginning with the imaginative ideas of early Greek geographers, tells of the first South Seas voyages, the rugged adventures of the sealers and whalers of the 18th and 19th centuries, and the first major American expedition" and including the expeditions of James Wedell, Scott, Shackleton, Byrd and more. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Bibliography, Index. 279 pp.

New York:: Viking,, (2006). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackleton's story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, Shackleton's support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing. "I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties, " Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the Aurora, tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds." Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 366 pp

New York:: Walker,, (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First US printing. At age 18, Pyrde, an orphan, ex-merchant seaman, disgruntled factory worker, anwered an ad for a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, and emigrated to Canada, where he spent the next 12 years living in some of the most remote regions of the North. Illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs. Map endpapers. 285 pp.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:: Key Porter Books,, (1990). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of a three month long odyssey in 1988 by a Canadian-Soviet team of adventurers, with the goal of linking polar regions in the west and east - starting in Siberia and ending on Canada's Ellesmere Island. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by author, Laurie Dexter - "to - best wishes for good health and many safe adventures" and dated in 1997. Illustrated with full color photographs. Map, nine appendices. 213 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. In 1988, at the age of 50, Thayer became the first woman to ski solo to the North Pole, her only companion a black husky named Charlie. Illustrated with a map and full-color photographs. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. 254 pp.

Davis, CA: : Pacific Portals,, 1974.. First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. An account of a seven year program in Antarctic biology, working with penguins, seals and fish at McMurdoo Station in Antarctica. Illustrated with photographs. 164 pages.