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Exploration

    The best books on Polar Exploration, recommended by Roland Huntford

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    The best books on Polar Exploration - The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen

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    The First Crossing of Greenland
    by Fridtjof Nansen

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    The best books on Polar Exploration - Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen

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    Farthest North
    by Fridtjof Nansen

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    The best books on Polar Exploration - The South Pole by Roald Amundsen

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    The South Pole
    by Roald Amundsen

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    The best books on Polar Exploration - The North-West Passage by Roald Amundsen

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    The North-West Passage
    by Roald Amundsen

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    The best books on Polar Exploration - A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions by James Clark Ross

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    A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions
    by James Clark Ross

  • The best books on Polar Exploration - The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen
  • The best books on Polar Exploration - Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen
  • The best books on Polar Exploration - The South Pole by Roald Amundsen
  • The best books on Polar Exploration - The North-West Passage by Roald Amundsen
  • The best books on Polar Exploration - A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions by James Clark Ross

The best books on Polar Exploration, recommended by Roland Huntford

The Norwegians were masters of polar exploration because they were better prepared and did not glamourize it. Author and journalist Roland Huntford picks the best books on the early history of polar exploration.

The best books on Polar Exploration, recommended by Roland Huntford

    The best books on The Polar Regions, recommended by Sara Wheeler

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    The best books on The Polar Regions - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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    The Worst Journey in the World
    by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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    The best books on The Polar Regions - Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez

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    Arctic Dreams
    by Barry Lopez

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    The best books on The Polar Regions - An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie

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    An African in Greenland
    by Tete-Michel Kpomassie

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    The best books on The Polar Regions - The Reindeer People by Piers Vitebsky

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    The Reindeer People
    by Piers Vitebsky

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    The best books on The Polar Regions - The Ice by Stephen J. Pyne

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    The Ice
    by Stephen J. Pyne

  • The best books on The Polar Regions - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  • The best books on The Polar Regions - Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
  • The best books on The Polar Regions - An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie
  • The best books on The Polar Regions - The Reindeer People by Piers Vitebsky
  • The best books on The Polar Regions - The Ice by Stephen J. Pyne

The best books on The Polar Regions, recommended by Sara Wheeler

The acclaimed author discusses the Polar Regions. She says an African In Greenland is the best book ever written on Greenland – the story of a man from Togo who went there in the 1960s

The best books on The Polar Regions, recommended by Sara Wheeler

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