Preface

Foreword From Polar Dream
Helen Thayer

In the Land of White Death
An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
Valerian Albanov

The South Pole
An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram,” 1910–1912
Captain Roald Amundsen

Mawson’s Will
The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written
Lennard Bickel

Alone
Richard E. Byrd

The Worst Journey In The World
Antarctic 1910–13
Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Ice Bird
The First Single-Handed Voyage To Antarctica
David Lewis

Farthest North
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

The North Pole
Its Discovery In 1909 Under The Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
Robert E. Peary

Scott’s Last Expedition
The Personal Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, C.V.O., R.N., on His Journey to the South Pole
Robert Falcon Scott

South
A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Ernest Shackleton

Shadows on the Wasteland
Mike Stroud

Shackleton’s Boat Journey
The Narrative from the Captain of the Endurance
Frank Arthur Worsley

Notes on the Contributors
Permissions Acknowledgments