To the Poles
4. 
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by:
Hampton Sides
4.29 avg rating β 24,754 ratings 5. 
The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
by:
Roland Huntford
4.35 avg rating β 3,492 ratings 
7. 
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
by:
Owen Beattie
4.10 avg rating β 3,533 ratings 
10. 
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
by:
Buddy Levy
4.47 avg rating β 3,524 ratings 11. 
The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
by:
Pierre Berton
4.37 avg rating β 751 ratings 12. 
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
by:
Valerian Albanov
4.04 avg rating β 2,837 ratings 13. 
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
by:
Julian Sancton
4.27 avg rating β 16,930 ratings 13. 
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
by:
Buddy Levy
4.44 avg rating β 2,804 ratings 15. 
Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
by:
Ken McGoogan
4.24 avg rating β 907 ratings 16. 
The Home of the Blizzard: A Heroic Tale of Antarctic Exploration and Survival
by:
Douglas Mawson
4.11 avg rating β 462 ratings 17. 
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
by:
Stephen R. Bown
4.15 avg rating β 2,062 ratings 
19. 
The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster 4.01 avg rating β 185 ratings
21. 
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by:
Hampton Sides
4.29 avg rating β 24,754 ratings 
25. 
Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest
by:
Ranulph Fiennes
4.26 avg rating β 1,428 ratings 26. 
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by:
Jennifer Niven
3.97 avg rating β 2,595 ratings 
28. 
The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition 1907-1909 4.34 avg rating β 520 ratings
29. 
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins
by:
Gavin Francis
4.05 avg rating β 546 ratings 30. 
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the North West Passage
by:
Victoria Jason
4.08 avg rating β 214 ratings 31. 
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
by:
David Roberts
3.87 avg rating β 4,930 ratings 32. 
The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
by:
Anthony Brandt
3.87 avg rating β 1,031 ratings 33. 
Berserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat
by:
David Mercy
4.24 avg rating β 141 ratings 34. 
Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North
by:
Fridtjof Nansen
4.11 avg rating β 1,418 ratings 
36. 
Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship 4.06 avg rating β 591 ratings
37. 
North Star of Herschel Island - The Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship. 4.82 avg rating β 11 ratings
37. 
Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
by:
Jerri Nielsen
3.99 avg rating β 3,877 ratings 39. 
With Scott to the Pole : the Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913 The Photographs of Herbert Ponting
by:
Herbert Ponting
4.49 avg rating β 45 ratings 
41. 
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
by:
Mensun Bound
4.11 avg rating β 2,126 ratings 
43. 
Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle
by:
Mike Horn
4.37 avg rating β 785 ratings 44. 
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party 4.15 avg rating β 1,938 ratings
45. 
The Longest Winter: The Incredible Survival of Captain Scott's Lost Party 3.63 avg rating β 41 ratings
47. 
South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917
by:
Frank Hurley
4.36 avg rating β 1,224 ratings 
51. 
Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico
by:
Marty Essen
4.10 avg rating β 61 ratings 52. 
52. 
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
by:
Paul Watson
3.70 avg rating β 2,297 ratings 54. 
Four to the Pole!: The American Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-1993
by:
Nancy Loewen
3.50 avg rating β 18 ratings 
55. 
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.65 avg rating β 803 ratings 55. 
A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings: How to connect with the peoples of the North
by:
Mary Jane Walker
3.44 avg rating β 9 ratings 55. 
A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
by:
David Welky
3.97 avg rating β 369 ratings 
55. 
In Search of the Last Continent: Australia and Early Antarctic Exploration it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating
55. 
Polar Crean Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer
by:
Barry, Denis
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating 55. 
69. 
Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
by:
Scott Cookman
3.82 avg rating β 319 ratings 69. 
America, 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T and the Making of a Modern Nation
by:
Jim Rasenberger
3.84 avg rating β 426 ratings 69. 
Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
by:
Nicholas Johnson
3.71 avg rating β 645 ratings 
69. 
A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
by:
Diana Preston
4.09 avg rating β 336 ratings 69. 
Antarctic Conquest: The Story Of The Ronne Expedition 1946-1948
by:
Finn Ronne
3.50 avg rating β 2 ratings 
77. 
The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America, ca. A.D. 1000-1500 4.13 avg rating β 45 ratings
77. 
Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
by:
Lennard Bickel
4.26 avg rating β 1,710 ratings 
77. 
Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
by:
Buddy Levy
4.18 avg rating β 865 ratings 82. 
A Journey to the Northern Ocean: The Adventures of Samuel Hearne
by:
Samuel Hearne
4.14 avg rating β 87 ratings 82. 
Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
by:
Mark C. Serreze
3.52 avg rating β 116 ratings 82. 
82. 
Life in the Antarctic Photographs by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition
by:
William Bruce
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating 86. 
Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece
by:
Ken McGoogan
3.88 avg rating β 88 ratings 86. 
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change 3.62 avg rating β 1,583 ratings
89. 
Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus
by:
John Geiger
3.88 avg rating β 103 ratings 
92. 
Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
by:
Glyn Williams
3.96 avg rating β 216 ratings 92. 
Iced In: Ten Days Trapped on the Edge of Antarctica
by:
Chris Turney
3.84 avg rating β 172 ratings 92. 
96. 
South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-12
by:
Roald Amundsen
4.19 avg rating β 914 ratings 
96. 
At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic
by:
Lawrence Millman
2.65 avg rating β 310 ratings 96. 
With Scott Before the Mast Special Limited Edition
by:
Francis Davies
4.60 avg rating β 10 ratings