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    The best books on Ice, recommended by Mark Serreze

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    The best books on Ice - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic by Alfred Lansing

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    Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic
    by Alfred Lansing

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    The best books on Ice - Alone by Richard E. Byrd

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    Alone
    by Richard E. Byrd

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    The best books on Ice - North of Latitude Eighty by Geoffrey Hattersley Smith

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    North of Latitude Eighty
    by Geoffrey Hattersley Smith

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    The best books on Ice - The Two Mile Time Machine by Richard B. Alley

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    The Two Mile Time Machine
    by Richard B. Alley

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    The best books on Ice - A World Without Ice by Henry N. Pollack

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    A World Without Ice
    by Henry N. Pollack

The best books on Ice, recommended by Mark Serreze

Ice and humanity have always been close partners, says Mark Serreze, director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center. But this relationship is changing fast as polar ice melts. Here he selects five books that fed his fascination.

    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, 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 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, 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

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