Race to the South Pole

Ranger in time

Ranger in time.

The adventures of a South Pole pig

Roald Amundsen and the quest for the South Pole

World explorers

World explorers.

North Pole, South Pole : journeys to the ends of the earth

Grand défi des pôles. English

Discoveries

Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)

With Byrd at the bottom of the world : the South Pole expedition of 1928-1930

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Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves

The Mediterranean discovers the Arctic -- The Europeans cross the Atlantic -- The Polynesians cross the Pacific -- China discovers North America -- Northern Europe discovers North America -- The Portuguese find a way to the Indies -- The Latins discover Latin America -- Balboa discovers the Pacific -- Europe proves that the world is round -- The discovery of the Amazon and the first crossing of South America -- The first crossing of North America -- Discovery of the Northeast Passage -- Discovery of the Northwest Passage -- North to the Indies -- The attainment of the North Pole -- Discovery of Australia -- The great Southland -- The attainment of the South Pole.

Arctic & Antarctic

Eyewitness books

Eyewitness books.

The ends of the earth The Arctic and tundra The Antarctic Life in the Antarctic Ocean Migrants and residents Adaptable animals Survival of the fittest Birds of the Arctic Birds of the Antarctic Hunters of the skies Ocean wanderer South Pole penguins Emperors of the Antarctic King of the Arctic The mighty moose Tundra wildlife Reindeer and caribou Company of wolves The weighty walrus Suited to the sea Giants of the seas A herding life Hunters of the north Discovering the Arctic Scott and the Antarctic Keeping warm and safe Polar travel Life at the poles Last frontiers

In search of new horizons : epic tales of travel and exploration

Outward bound--why travel? -- The first sightseer: Herodotus' History of the Persian Wars, 464-447 B.C. -- Quest for Cathay: Marco Polo's travels, 1271-1295 -- Discoverer of continental America: Amerigo Vespucci's four voyages, 1497-1504 -- Circling the globe: Antonio Pigafetta's The first voyage around the world by Magellan, 1519-1521 -- Navigator and discoverer par excellence: Captain James Cook's journals, 1768 -- Terrestrial paradise: William Bartram's travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, 1773-1777 -- Pursuing the Niger: Mungo Park's travels in the interior districts of Africa, 1795-1797 -- Rediscovery of America: Alexander von Humboldt's personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent, 1799-1804 -- Spanning a continent: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's History of the expedition, 1804-1806 -- Exploring the American frontier: Henry Schoolcraft's narrative journal of travels through the Northwest regions of the United States, 1820 -- Untamed Indians: Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trial, 1846 -- Origin of species: Charles Darwin's The voyage of the beagle, 1831-1836 -- Iberian vagabond: George Borrow's The Bible in Spain, 1835-1840 -- View form the forecastle: Richard Henry Dana's Two years before the mast, 1840 -- Shrines of Islam: Richard Burton's personal narratives of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 1853 -- Orient meets Occident: Fukuzawa Yukichi's Autobiography, 1860 -- Breaker of stones: Henry M. Stanley's Through the dark continent, 1871-1877 -- Lone voyager: Joshua Slocum's Sailing alone around the world, 1896-1898 -- Farthest north: Robert E. Peary's The North Pole, 1908-1909 -- Intrepid Norsemen: Roald Amundsen's The South Pole, 1911 -- The river of doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Through the Brazilian wilderness, 1913 -- Stone Age voyage: Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki: across the Pacific by raft, 1947 -- Eight thousand meters plus: Maurice Herzog's Annapurna, 1950 -- Top of the world: Sir John Hunt's The conquest of Everest, 1953 -- Travel in fact and fancy.

The last place on earth

Scott and Amundsen

The birthday boys

The longest winter : the incredible survival of Captain Scott's lost party

Hell with a capital H

Introduction / Terra Nova to Terra Incognita -- "Perfidious Amundsen" and the Bay of Whales -- Confinement at Cape Adare -- Working the Glaciers from Evans Coves -- The Igloo on Inexpressible Island -- The Long Haul to Cape Evans -- The Return -- An Antarctic Gazetteer.

The Last place on earth [videorecording]

Scott and Amundsen.