Polar books - a mix of new and old books currently for sale

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Updated 17 July 2024    
Antarctica & Arctic books (new & used) - Title Author Pub. Format The Book Cellar price AU$    
1910-1916 Antarctic Photographs - Scott, Mawson and Shackleton Expeditions Ponting, Herbert / Hurley, Frank 1979 hb $36.00    
1912 The Year the World Discovered Antarctica Turney, Chris 2012 hb $15.00    
537 Days of Winter - Lessons in resilience and leadership from being stranded at an Antarctic station during the pandemic Knoff, David 2022 sc $32.99    
A Gun for a Fountain Pen - Antarctic Journal November 1910 - January 1912 George Murray Levick Levick, George Murray 2012 hb $45.00    
A Hostile Beauty - Life on Macquarie Island, used Dermer, Alistair / Wood, Danielle 2011 hb $36-$69.99    
A Tale of Ambition and Unrealised Hope - John Montagu & Sir John Franklin Joel, Craig R. 2011 sc $28-$44    
Abandoned at Fossil Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula
Bowden, Tim / Ledingham, Rod
2022 sc $29.95    
An Antarctic Affair - a story of love and survival by the great-granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson McEwin, Emma 2008 sc $18.50    
ANARE - Australia's Antarctic Outposts, ex-library Law, Phillip / Bechervaise, John 1957 hb $20.00    
ANARE First Aid Manual - pocket sized ANARE 1984-87 sc $5.50    
ANARE Handbook - Antarctic Division, Station and Field Operations Section ANARE 1992 sc $5.50    
Antarctic Destinies - Scott, Shackleton & the changing face of heroism Barczewski, Stephanie 2007 hb $39.95    
Antarctic Eye - The Visual Journey - signed copy available Andrews, Lynne 2007 hb $24-$39.95    
Antarctic Odyssey - setting up of the Mawson Station - signed Law, Phillip 1983 hb $14.50    
Antarctic Wildlife Hosking, Eric 1982 hb $18.00    
Antarctica - Authentic Accounts of Life and Exploration in the world's highest, driest, windiest, coldest and most remote continent Neider, Charles (ed) 1973 hb $19.00    
Antarctica - The Heroic Age 1900 - 1914 Finkel, George 1976 hb $9.50-$22.50    
Antarctica - World Law and the last wilderness Suter, Dr K D / Friends of the Earth Sydney 1980s sc $9.50    
Antarctica An Absent Presence - contains 2 CD Samartzis, Philip 2016 hb $60.00    
Antarctica and Back in Sixty Days Bowden, Tim
1991, 1992
sc $15.00    
Antarctica Cruising Guide Carey, Peter / Franklin, Craig 2022 sc $44.99    
Antarctica on a Plate - she came, she saw, she burnt the toast Thomson, Alexa 2003 sc $8.50    
Antarctica or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole Nordenskjold, Otto 1977 hb $55.00    
Antarctica The Last Horizon Bechervaise, John 1979 hb $15.00    
Arctic & Antarctica - Explore Earth's Polar Regions - wallchart Taylor, Barbara (DK Eyewitness) 2012 sc $16.95    
Aurora Australis 1908-09 from Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 - a book about the first book to be wholly published within the Antarctic region Shackleton, E.H. 1988 hb $24-$45    
Australian Antarctica - Celebrating fifty years of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ANARE 1997 hb $10.00    
Before the Heroes Came - Antarctica in the 1890s Baughman, T.H. 1994 hb $14.50    
Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic Seaver, George 1947 hb $25.00    
Captain Scott Fiennes, Ranulph 2003 sc $12.50    
Captain Scott the full story Ludlam, Harry 1965 hb $10.00    
Discovery - the Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition Byrd, Richard Evelyn 1935 hb $45.00    
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic - Naturalist and Friend Seaver, George 1950 hb $5.50    
End of the Earth - Voyages to Antarctica Matthiessen, Peter 2003 sc $12.50    
Endurance - a novel of Ice, War and Adventure Griffiths, Tim 2015 sc $22.50    
Endurance - An epic of polar adventure Worsley, F.A. / O'Brian, Patrick (preface) 1999 hb $15.00    
Erebus - The Story of a Ship Palin, Michael 2018 sc $14.50    
Escape to the Pole - Two Kiwi guys dodge crevasses, starvation & marriage Biggar, Kevin 2010 sc $9.50    
Face to Face Polar Portraits Lewis-Jones, Huw 2008 hb $75.00    
Fatal North - adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first US expedition to the North Pole Henderson, Bruce 2001 hb $12.50    
Feral Dilemma - the life of a ranger on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island Anderson, Michael 2014 sc $16.50-$19.99    
Flaws in the Ice - in search of Douglas Mawson Day, David 2013 sc $24-$32.95    
Fridtjof Nansen's "Farthest North" being the record of a voayge of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appenxid by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram - Volume II only
Macmillan's Colonial Library edition
nd sc $10.00    
From Edinburgh to the Antarctic - an artist's notes and sketches during the Dundee Antarctic expedition of 1892-93 Burn Murdoch, W.G. 2012 sc $16.50    
From Snowdrift to Shellfire - Capt James Francis (Frank) Hurley 1885-1962 Millar, David P. 1984 hb $30.00    
Griffith Review 77 - Real Cool World Griffith Review 2022 sc $27.99    
Grue of Ice, novel set between Cape Town & Antarctica, searching for Thompson Island Jenkins, Geoffrey 1962 hb $8.50    
Have Sleeping Bag will Travel - the life of an adventurer - signed Foote, Brian / Marr, Joan 2006 sc $25.00    
Huskies in Harness - A love story in Antarctica Robinson, Shelagh (ed) 1995 sc $18.50    
Huskies Polar Sledge Dogs Chester, Jonathan 1994 hb $8.50    
Ice Bird Lewis, David 1977 sc $6.50    
Ice Floes and Flaming Water - a true adventure in Melville Bay Freuchen, Peter nd hb $8.50    
Ice in the Rigging - Ships of the Antarctic 1699 - 1937 Mitchener, E. A. (Ted) 2015 hb $45.00    
Icy Graves - Exploration and death in the Antarctic Haddesley, Stephen 2018 sc $34.99    
Igloo Ripples - the story of a unique fibreglass cabin made for Antarctica and used all over the world Wallhead, Anthea 2022 sc $34.95    
In Shackleton's Footsteps
A return to the heart of the Antarctic
Worsley, Henry 2011 hb $24.00    
Journey to the Polar Sea Franklin, John 2002 hb $18.50    
Key Environments - Antarctica Bonner, WN / Walton, DWH (eds) 1985 hb $30.00    
Life on the Ice - No One Goes to Antarctica Alone Smith, Roff 2005 sc $19.95    
Macquarie Island - story of the ships that visited Cumpston, J. S. 1968 hb $95.00    
Macquarie Island Nature Reserve - Visitor's Handbook National Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmania 1987 sc $10.00    
Madigan's Account - the Mawson Expedition, the Antarctic Diaries of C.T. Madigan 1911-1914 Madigan, J.W. (transcribed) 2012 hb $75.00    
Mawson - a life Ayres, Philip 2003 sc $9.50    
Mawson - a life Ayres, Philip 1999 hb $22.50-$28.00    
Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen Fitzsimons, Peter 2012 sc $24.00    
Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen - signed copy available Fitzsimons, Peter 2011 hb $24-$28    
Mawson in Antarctica Grochowicz, Joanna 2024 sc $19.99    
Mawson's Antarctic Diaries
Jacka & Jacka (eds)
1988 hb $45.00    
Mawson's Forgotten Men - the 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson Rossiter, Heather (ed) 2011 sc $36.00    
Mawson's Huts - an Antarctic Expedition Journal McGregor, Alasdair 1998 sc $29.95    
Mawson's Huts - the Birthplace of Australia's Antarctic Heritage Mawson's Huts Foundation / Jensen, David 2014 sc $39.99    
Mawson's Remarkable Men - personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition Jensen, David 2015 sc $35.00    
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819-220-21-22 (Everyman's Library edition) Franklin, John   hb $8.50    
New Zealand and the Antarctic Quartermain, L.B. 1971 hb $15.00    
Nimrod - Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic expedition Riffenburgh, Beau 2004 sc $16.50    
Nimrod - Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic expedition Riffenburgh, Beau 2004 hb $24.00    
Ocean Enough and Time - Discovering the waters around Antarctica Gorman, James 1995 hb $14.50    
Of Ice and Men Fuchs, Sir Vivian 1982 hb $10.00    
Of Whales and Men - Antarctic whaling expedition Robertson, R.B. 1954 hb $14.50    
Pilgrims on the Ice - Robert Falcon Scott's first Antarctic expedition Baughman, T.H. 1999 hb $22.50    
Pink Ice - Britain and the South Atlantic Empire Dodds, Klaus 2002 sc $8.50    
Pinto and the Nella Dan - signed copy available McLennan, Wendy / Maclaine, Catriona 2013 sc $14.50-$29.95    
Polar Castaways - Ross Sea Party (1914 - 17) of Sir Ernest Shackleton McElrea, Richard / Harrowfield, David 2004 hb $35.00    
Poles Apart - Fascination, Fame and Folly  Hansen, Anita & Brita (eds) 2018 hb $55-$75    
Poles Apart, Fascination, Fame and Folly 
Hansen, Anita & Brita (eds)
2018 sc $50.00    
Race for the South Pole - the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen Hunford, Roland 2010 sc $12.50    
Racing with Death - Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer Riffenburgh, Beau 2008 hb $15.00    
Racing with Death - Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer Riffenburgh, Beau 2008 sc $10.00    
Scott of the Antarctic Pound, Reginald 1966 hb $10.00    
Scott of the Antarctic - a life of courage and tragedy in the extreme south Crane, David 2005 sc $10.00    
Scott of the Antarctic - A study in character Seaver, George 1948 sc $5.50    
Scott's Men Thomson, David 1977 hb $12.50    
Shackleton - the story of Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers Mortimer, Gavin 2002 sc $10.00    
Shackleton's Epic - Recreating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival - signed Jarvis, Tim 2013 hb $28.00    
Shackleton's Forgotten Argonauts Bickel, Lennard 1982 hb $28.00    
Shiver, a novel of Antarctica Gemmell, Nikki 2004 sc $12.50    
Shores of Macquarie Island Bennett, Isobel 1971 hb $24.00    
Snow Petrel - a father / son voyage to Antarctica - signed Tucker, Jon 2011 hb $28.00    
South - the Endurance expedition to Antarctica Shackleton, Ernest 1999 sc $10.00    
South Latitude Ommaney, F.D. 1947 hb $16.50    
South with Mawson Laseron, Charles F 1957 hb $22.50    
South with Scott
Mountevans, Admiral Lord
1958 sc $7.50    
South with Scott Mountevans, Admiral Lord / Ponting, Herbert 1961 hb $22.50    
South with Scott Mountevans, Admiral Lord / Ponting, Herbert
1957, 1921
hb $10-$15    
South! The story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917
Shackleton, Sir Ernest
2011 sc $18.50    
Southern Light - Images from Antarctica Neilson, David 2012 hb $35.00    
Southern Quest - a journey of discovery for Australian Antarctic Science Antarctic CRC 2003 sc $10.00    
Sub Antarctic Wilderness Macquarie Island Terauds, Aleks / Stewart, Fiona 2008 hb $35.00    
Terra Incognita - travels in Antarctica Wheeler, Sara 1996 sc $8.50    
The Amundsen Photographs
Huntford, Roland (editor)
1987 hb $18.50    
The Crossing of Antarctica - the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
Fuchs, Sir Vivian / Hillary, Sir Edmund
1958 hb $18.50    
The Dawning of Antarctica - through exploration to occupation Quilty, Patrick G. 2021 hb $74.95    
The Far South Bechervaise, John 1961 hb $12.50    
The Great White South Ponting, Herbert G. 1924 hb $10.00    
The Great White South - travelling with Robert F Scott's doomed South Pole expedition Ponting, Herbert G. 2001 hb $14.95    
The Heart of the Antarctic / South - The Endurance Expedition - two classic tales in one volume Shackleton, Sir Ernest / Hurley, Frank 2002 sc $15.00    
The Home of the Blizzard - The story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 Mawson, Sir Douglas var sc $8.50    
The Ice Pyne, Stephen J 2004 sc $9.50    
The Ice Beneath My Feet - My year in Antarctica Patterson, Diana 2010 sc $9.50    
The Ice Master - the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk Niven, Jennifer 2001 sc $8.50    
The Ice Master - the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk Niven, Jennifer 2000 hb $15.00    
The incredible life of Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Greatest Explorer Fitzsimons, Peter 2021 hb $49.99    
The Indestructible Tom Crean Thermes, Jennifer 2023 sc $14.99    
The Invertebrates of Macquarie Island Greenslade, Penelope 2006 sc $65.00    
The Last Great Quest - Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice Jones, Max 2003 sc $8.50    
The Last Viking -The Life of Roald Amundsen Bown, Stephen R 2012 hb $14.50    
The Lichens and Mosses of Mac.Robertson Land Filson, Rex B / Antarctic Division 1966 hb $28.00    
The Loneliest Continent - The story of Antarctic Discovery Chapman, Walker 1964 hb $18.50    
The Loneliest Mountain - the dramatic story of the first expedition to climb Mt Minto, Antarctica - signed copy available Hall, Lincoln 1989 hb $28-$35    
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott Wilson, David M. 2011 hb $42.00    
The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson McEwin, Emma 2018 sc $39.95    
The Oceanites Site Guide to the Antarctic Peninsula Naveen, Ron 2005 sc auction    
The Rescue of Captain Scott Aldridge, Don 1999 hb $14.50    
The Search for the North West Passage - signed, with notes Savours, Ann 1999 hb $45.00    
The Silence Calling - Australians in Antarctica 1947-97, the ANARE Jubilee history Bowden, Tim 1997 hb $45.00    
The South Pole
An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910 - 1912, English translation
Amundsen, Roald 2001 sc $28.00    
The South Pole - a historical reader Brandt, Anthony (ed) 2004 sc $16.50    
The Sub-Antarctic - Proceedings of a forum July 2006
Royal Society of Tasmania
2007 sc $30.00    
The Voyage of the 'Discovery' - Popular Edition Scott, Captain R.F. 1929 hb $15.00    
The White Desert Barber, Noel 1958 hb $10.00    
This Accursed Land Bickel, Lennard 1977 hb $12.50    
This Everlasting Silence - the love letters of Paquita Delprat and Douglas Mawson 1911-1914 Robinson Flannery, Nancy (ed) 2005 sc $35.00    
Through the Frozen Frontier - the exploration of Antarctica Dufek, George J 1959 hb $8.50    
To the Poles without a Beard - the polar adventures of a world-record breaking woman Harley, Catharine 2003   $12.50    
Two Below Zero - A Year Alone in Antarctica - Don and Margie McIntyre - signed copy available McIntyre, Don / Meredith, Peter 1996 hb $24-$65    
Under Antarctic Ice - the photographs of Norbert Wu Wu, Nobert 2004 hb $22.50    
Unique & Unspoilt - A year among the natural wonders of Heard Island, the 1953 journals of John Bechervaise Hince, Bernadette (ed) 2011 sc $32.00    
Voyages of Delusion - the search of the northwest Passage in the Age of Reason Williams, Glyn 2002 sc $15.00    
Waiting to Fly - My escapades with the penguins in Antarctica Naveen, Ron 2000 sc $10.00    
Willy the Wily Weka - Children of the Midnight Sun Antarctic wildlife stories series Hawthorn, Ivan G 1996 sc $9.95    
Wings of Ice - the Mystery of the Polar Air Race Maynard, Jeff 2010 sc $9.50    
With Scott to the Pole, retold by Howard Marshall Country Life 1947 hb $10.00    
You Have to Be Lucky - Antarctic and other adventures - signed copy available Law, Phillip 1995 sc $22.50