Hi all! Just thought I’d share a polar exploration book list that I’ve been compiling! Hope you enjoy!
- Barrows Boys by Fergus Fleming
- May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth edited by Russel A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, and Mary Williamson 📚
- Erebus by Michael Palin
- The Spectral Arctic by Shane McCorristine
- Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found by Gillian Hutchinson 📚
- Unraveling the Franklin Mystery by David C. Woodman
- Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie and John Geiger 📚❄️
- The Terror by Dan Simmons (Fiction) ❄️
- In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
- Labyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
- In the Land of the Penguins by Georges Lecointe
- Through the First Antarctic Night by Dr. Frederick A. Cook
- Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton 📚❄️
- Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh
- Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Worst Journey in the World Graphic Novel by Sarah Airriess
- The Coldest March by Susan Solomon
- A First Rate Tragedy by Diana Preston
- Cherry by Sarah Wheeler
- The Great White South by Herbert Ponting
Canadian Arctic Expedition
- The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven
- The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor’s Memoir of Arctic Disaster by William Laird McKinlay
- Empire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
- The Ship Beneath the Ice by Mensun Bound 📚
- Shackleton’s Captain by John Thomson
- Endurance by Alfred Lansing ❄️
- Endurance by F. A. Worsley
- The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler Lewis
Wrangel Island Expedition
- Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven
Feel free to let me know if I’m missing anything!
(Disclaimer: I have not read all of these yet. This is actually my planned reading list haha. All the ones I’ve read so far are marked with ❄️. Books on my shelf are marked with 📚 List will be edited as I go along! Follow me on my polar exploration reading journey!)
