Polar books - a mix of new and old
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Antarctica & Arctic books (new & used) - Title |
Author |
Pub. |
Format |
The
Book Cellar price AU$ |
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1910-1916 Antarctic
Photographs - Scott, Mawson and Shackleton Expeditions |
Ponting,
Herbert / Hurley, Frank |
1979 |
hb |
$36.00 |
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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 |
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A
First Rate Tragedy - Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole |
Preston,
Diana |
1999 |
sc |
$8.50 |
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A
Gun for a Fountain Pen - Antarctic Journal November 1910 - January 1912
George Murray Levick |
Levick,
George Murray |
2012 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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A
History of Antarctica |
Martin,
Stephen |
2013 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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A
Hostile Beauty - Life on Macquarie Island, used |
Dermer,
Alistair / Wood, Danielle |
2011 |
hb |
$36-$69.99 |
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A Tale of
Ambition and Unrealised Hope - John Montagu & Sir John Franklin |
Joel,
Craig R. |
2011 |
sc |
$28-$44 |
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Abandoned
at Fossil Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula |
Bowden, Tim / Ledingham, Rod
|
2022 |
sc |
$29.95 |
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ANARE
- Australia's Antarctic Outposts, ex-library |
Law,
Phillip / Bechervaise, John |
1957 |
hb |
$20.00 |
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ANARE
First Aid Manual - pocket sized |
ANARE |
1984-87 |
sc |
$5.50 |
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ANARE
Handbook - Antarctic Division, Station and Field Operations Section |
ANARE |
1992 |
sc |
$5.50 |
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Antarctic
Destinies - Scott, Shackleton & the changing face of heroism |
Barczewski,
Stephanie |
2007 |
hb |
$39.95 |
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Antarctic Eye - The Visual Journey - signed copy available |
Andrews,
Lynne |
2007 |
hb |
$24-$39.95 |
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Antarctic
Odyssey - setting up of the Mawson Station - signed |
Law,
Phillip |
1983 |
hb |
$14.50 |
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Antarctic
Wildlife |
Hosking,
Eric |
1982 |
hb |
$18.00 |
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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 |
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Antarctica
- The Heroic Age 1900 - 1914 |
Finkel,
George |
1976 |
hb |
$9.50-$22.50 |
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Antarctica
- World Law and the last wilderness |
Suter,
Dr K D / Friends of the Earth Sydney |
1980s |
sc |
$9.50 |
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Antarctica
An Absent Presence - contains 2 CD |
Samartzis,
Philip |
2016 |
hb |
$60.00 |
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Antarctica
and Back in Sixty Days |
Bowden,
Tim |
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sc |
$15.00 |
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Antarctica Cruising Guide |
Carey,
Peter / Franklin, Craig |
2022 |
sc |
$44.99 |
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Antarctica
on a Plate - she came, she saw, she burnt the toast |
Thomson,
Alexa |
2003 |
sc |
$8.50 |
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Antarctica
or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole |
Nordenskjold,
Otto |
1977 |
hb |
$55.00 |
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Antarctica
The Last Horizon |
Bechervaise,
John |
1979 |
hb |
$15.00 |
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Arctic
& Antarctica - Explore Earth's Polar Regions - wallchart |
Taylor,
Barbara (DK Eyewitness) |
2012 |
sc |
$16.95 |
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Aurora
Australis 1908-09 from Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 |
Shackleton,
E.H. |
1988 |
hb |
$24.00 |
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Australian
Antarctica - Celebrating fifty years of Australian National Antarctic
Research Expeditions |
ANARE |
1997 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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Before
the Heroes Came - Antarctica in the 1890s |
Baughman,
T.H. |
1994 |
hb |
$14.50 |
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Birdie'
Bowers of the Antarctic |
Seaver,
George |
1947 |
hb |
$25.00 |
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Captain
Scott |
Fiennes,
Ranulph |
2003 |
sc |
$12.50 |
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Captain
Scott the full story |
Ludlam,
Harry |
1965 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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Discovery
- the Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition |
Byrd,
Richard Evelyn |
1935 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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Edward
Wilson of the Antarctic - Naturalist and Friend |
Seaver,
George |
1950 |
hb |
$5.50 |
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End
of the Earth - Voyages to Antarctica |
Matthiessen,
Peter |
2003 |
sc |
$12.50 |
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Endurance
- a novel of Ice, War and Adventure |
Griffiths,
Tim |
2015 |
sc |
$22.50 |
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Endurance
- An epic of polar adventure |
Worsley,
F.A. / O'Brian, Patrick (preface) |
1999 |
hb |
$15.00 |
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Erebus
- The Story of a Ship |
Palin,
Michael |
2018 |
sc |
$12.50 |
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Escape
to the Pole - Two Kiwi guys dodge crevasses, starvation & marriage |
Biggar,
Kevin |
2010 |
sc |
$9.50 |
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Face
to Face Polar Portraits |
Lewis-Jones,
Huw |
2008 |
hb |
$75.00 |
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Fatal
North - adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first US expedition to
the North Pole |
Henderson,
Bruce |
2001 |
hb |
$12.50 |
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Feral Dilemma - the life of a ranger on sub-Antarctic
Macquarie Island |
Anderson,
Michael |
2014 |
sc |
$16.50-$19.99 |
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Flaws
in the Ice - in search of Douglas Mawson |
Day,
David |
2013 |
sc |
$24-$32.95 |
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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 |
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From
Snowdrift to Shellfire - Capt James Francis (Frank) Hurley 1885-1962 |
Millar,
David P. |
1984 |
hb |
$30.00 |
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Griffith
Review 77 - Real Cool World |
Griffith
Review |
2022 |
sc |
$27.99 |
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Grue
of Ice, novel set between Cape Town & Antarctica, searching for Thompson
Island |
Jenkins,
Geoffrey |
1962 |
hb |
$8.50 |
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Have
Sleeping Bag will Travel - the life of an adventurer - signed |
Foote,
Brian / Marr, Joan |
2006 |
sc |
$25.00 |
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Huskies
in Harness - A love story in Antarctica |
Robinson,
Shelagh (ed) |
1995 |
sc |
$18.50 |
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Huskies
Polar Sledge Dogs |
Chester,
Jonathan |
1994 |
hb |
$8.50 |
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Ice
Bird |
Lewis,
David |
1977 |
sc |
$6.50 |
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Ice
Floes and Flaming Water - a true adventure in Melville Bay |
Freuchen,
Peter |
nd |
hb |
$8.50 |
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Ice in the Rigging - Ships of the Antarctic 1699 - 1937 |
Mitchener,
E. A. (Ted) |
2015 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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Icy
Graves - Exploration and death in the Antarctic |
Haddesley,
Stephen |
2018 |
sc |
$34.99 |
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Igloo Ripples - the story of a unique fibreglass cabin made
for Antarctica and used all over the world |
Wallhead,
Anthea |
2022 |
sc |
$34.95 |
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In
Shackleton's Footsteps
A return to the heart of the Antarctic |
Worsley,
Henry |
2011 |
hb |
$24.00 |
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Journey
to the Polar Sea |
Franklin,
John |
2002 |
hb |
$18.50 |
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Key
Environments - Antarctica |
Bonner,
WN / Walton, DWH (eds) |
1985 |
hb |
$30.00 |
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Let's
Save Antarctica - Why we must protect our planet |
Barr, Catherine / Claude, Jean
|
2022 |
hb |
$27.99 |
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Life
on the Ice - No One Goes to Antarctica Alone |
Smith,
Roff |
2005 |
sc |
$19.95 |
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Macquarie
Island - story of the ships that visited |
Cumpston,
J. S. |
1968 |
hb |
$95.00 |
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Macquarie
Island Nature Reserve - Visitor's Handbook |
National
Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmania |
1987 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Madigan's
Account - the Mawson Expedition, the Antarctic Diaries of C.T. Madigan
1911-1914 |
Madigan,
J.W. (transcribed) |
2012 |
hb |
$75.00 |
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Mawson
- a life |
Ayres,
Philip |
2003 |
sc |
$9.50 |
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Mawson - a
life |
Ayres,
Philip |
1999 |
hb |
$22.50-$28.00 |
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Mawson
and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen |
Fitzsimons,
Peter |
2012 |
sc |
$24.00 |
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Mawson
and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen - signed copy
available |
Fitzsimons,
Peter |
2011 |
hb |
$24-$28 |
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Mawson's
Antarctic Diaries |
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1988 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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Mawson's
Forgotten Men - the 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson |
Rossiter,
Heather (ed) |
2011 |
sc |
$36.00 |
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Mawson's
Huts - an Antarctic Expedition Journal |
McGregor,
Alasdair |
1998 |
sc |
$29.95 |
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Mawson's
Huts - the Birthplace of Australia's Antarctic Heritage |
Mawson's
Huts Foundation / Jensen, David |
2014 |
sc |
$39.99 |
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Mawson's Remarkable Men - personal stories of the epic
1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition |
Jensen,
David |
2015 |
sc |
$35.00 |
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Narrative
of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819-220-21-22
(Everyman's Library edition) |
Franklin,
John |
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hb |
$8.50 |
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New
Zealand and the Antarctic |
Quartermain,
L.B. |
1971 |
hb |
$15.00 |
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Nimrod
- Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the 1907-09 British
Antarctic expedition |
Riffenburgh,
Beau |
2004 |
sc |
$16.50 |
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Nimrod
- Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the 1907-09 British
Antarctic expedition |
Riffenburgh,
Beau |
2004 |
hb |
$24.00 |
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Ocean
Enough and Time - Discovering the waters around Antarctica |
Gorman,
James |
1995 |
hb |
$14.50 |
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Of
Ice and Men |
Fuchs,
Sir Vivian |
1982 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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Of
Whales and Men - Antarctic whaling expedition |
Robertson,
R.B. |
1954 |
hb |
$14.50 |
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One
Small Island - story of Macquarie Island (children's) |
Lester,
Alison / Tulloch, Coral |
2019 |
sc |
$16.99 |
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Pilgrims
on the Ice - Robert Falcon Scott's first Antarctic expedition |
Baughman,
T.H. |
1999 |
hb |
$22.50 |
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Pink
Ice - Britain and the South Atlantic Empire |
Dodds,
Klaus |
2002 |
sc |
$8.50 |
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Pinto and the
Nella Dan - signed copy available |
McLennan,
Wendy / Maclaine, Catriona |
2013 |
sc |
$14.50-$29.95 |
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Polar
Castaways - Ross Sea Party (1914 - 17) of Sir Ernest Shackleton |
McElrea,
Richard / Harrowfield, David |
2004 |
hb |
$35.00 |
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Poles Apart - Fascination, Fame and Folly |
Hansen,
Anita & Brita (eds) |
2018 |
hb |
$75.00 |
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Poles Apart, Fascination, Fame and Folly |
Hansen, Anita & Brita (eds)
|
2018 |
sc |
$50.00 |
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Race
for the South Pole - the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen |
Hunford,
Roland |
2010 |
sc |
$12.50 |
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Racing
with Death - Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer |
Riffenburgh,
Beau |
2008 |
hb |
$15.00 |
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Racing
with Death - Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer |
Riffenburgh,
Beau |
2008 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Scott
of the Antarctic |
Pound,
Reginald |
1966 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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Scott
of the Antarctic - a life of courage and tragedy in the extreme south |
Crane,
David |
2005 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Shackleton
- the story of Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers |
Mortimer,
Gavin |
2002 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Shackleton's
Epic - Recreating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival - signed |
Jarvis,
Tim |
2013 |
hb |
$28.00 |
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Shackleton's
Forgotten Argonauts |
Bickel,
Lennard |
1982 |
hb |
$28.00 |
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Shackleton's
Forgotten Expedition - the voyage of the Nimrod |
Riffenburgh,
Beau |
2004 |
hb |
$24.00 |
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Shiver,
a novel of Antarctica |
Gemmell,
Nikki |
2004 |
sc |
$12.50 |
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Shores
of Macquarie Island |
Bennett,
Isobel |
1971 |
hb |
$24.00 |
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Snow
Petrel - a father / son voyage to Antarctica - signed |
Tucker,
Jon |
2011 |
hb |
$28.00 |
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South
- the Endurance expedition to Antarctica |
Shackleton,
Ernest |
1999 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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South
Latitude |
Ommaney,
F.D. |
1947 |
hb |
$16.50 |
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South
with Mawson |
Laseron,
Charles F |
1957 |
hb |
$28.00 |
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South
with Scott |
Mountevans,
Admiral Lord / Ponting, Herbert |
1961 |
hb |
$22.50 |
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South
with Scott |
Mountevans,
Admiral Lord / Ponting, Herbert |
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hb |
$10-$15 |
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Southern
Light - Images from Antarctica |
Neilson,
David |
2012 |
hb |
$35.00 |
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Southern
Quest - a journey of discovery for Australian Antarctic Science |
Antarctic
CRC |
2003 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Terra
Incognita - travels in Antarctica |
Wheeler,
Sara |
1996 |
sc |
$8.50 |
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The
Crossing of Antarctica - the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 |
Fuchs, Sir Vivian / Hillary, Sir Edmund
|
1958 |
hb |
$18.50 |
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The Dawning of Antarctica - through exploration to occupation |
Quilty,
Patrick G. |
2021 |
hb |
$74.95 |
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The
Great White South - travelling with Robert F Scott's doomed South Pole
expedition |
Ponting,
Herbert G. |
2001 |
hb |
$14.95 |
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The
Heart of the Antarctic / South - The Endurance Expedition - two classic tales
in one volume |
Shackleton,
Sir Ernest / Hurley, Frank |
2002 |
sc |
$15.00 |
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The
Home of the Blizzard - The story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911
- 1914 |
Mawson,
Sir Douglas |
var |
sc |
$8.50-$12.50 |
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The
Ice Beneath My Feet - My year in Antarctica |
Patterson,
Diana |
2010 |
sc |
$9.50 |
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The
incredible life of Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Greatest Explorer |
Fitzsimons,
Peter |
2021 |
hb |
$49.99 |
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The Indestructible Tom Crean |
Thermes,
Jennifer |
2023 |
sc |
$14.99 |
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The
Invertebrates of Macquarie Island |
Greenslade,
Penelope |
2006 |
sc |
$65.00 |
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The
Last Great Quest - Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice |
Jones,
Max |
2003 |
sc |
$8.50 |
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The
Lichens and Mosses of Mac.Robertson Land |
Filson,
Rex B / Antarctic Division |
1966 |
hb |
$28.00 |
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The
Loneliest Continent - The story of Antarctic Discovery |
Chapman,
Walker |
1964 |
hb |
$18.50 |
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The
Loneliest Mountain - the dramatic story of the first expedition to climb Mt
Minto, Antarctica - signed copy available |
Hall,
Lincoln |
1989 |
hb |
$28-$35 |
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The
Lost Photographs of Captain Scott |
Wilson,
David M. |
2011 |
hb |
$42.00 |
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The
Many Lives of Douglas Mawson |
McEwin,
Emma |
2018 |
sc |
$39.95 |
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The
Rescue of Captain Scott |
Aldridge,
Don |
1999 |
hb |
$14.50 |
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The
Silence Calling - Australians in Antarctica 1947-97, the ANARE Jubilee
history |
Bowden,
Tim |
1997 |
hb |
$45.00 |
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The
South Pole
An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910 - 1912,
English translation |
Amundsen,
Roald |
2001 |
sc |
$28.00 |
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The
South Pole - a historical reader |
Brandt,
Anthony (ed) |
2004 |
sc |
$16.50 |
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The
Sub-Antarctic - Proceedings of a forum July 2006 |
Royal Society of Tasmania
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2007 |
sc |
$30.00 |
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The
White Desert |
Barber,
Noel |
1958 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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This
Everlasting Silence - the love letters of Paquita Delprat and Douglas Mawson
1911-1914 |
Robinson
Flannery, Nancy (ed) |
2005 |
sc |
$35.00 |
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Through
the Frozen Frontier - the exploration of Antarctica |
Dufek,
George J |
1959 |
hb |
$8.50 |
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Two
Below Zero - A Year Alone in Antarctica - Don and Margie McIntyre - signed
copy available |
McIntyre,
Don / Meredith, Peter |
1996 |
hb |
$24-$65 |
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Under
Antarctic Ice - the photographs of Norbert Wu |
Wu,
Nobert |
2004 |
hb |
$22.50 |
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Unique
& Unspoilt - A year among the natural wonders of Heard Island, the 1953
journals of John Bechervaise |
Hince,
Bernadette (ed) |
2011 |
sc |
$32.00 |
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Voyages
of Delusion - the search of the northwest Passage in the Age of Reason |
Williams,
Glyn |
2002 |
sc |
$15.00 |
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Waiting
to Fly - My escapades with the penguins in Antarctica |
Naveen,
Ron |
2000 |
sc |
$10.00 |
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Willy
the Wily Weka - Children of the Midnight Sun Antarctic wildlife stories
series |
Hawthorn,
Ivan G |
1996 |
sc |
$9.95 |
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Wings
of Ice - the Mystery of the Polar Air Race |
Maynard,
Jeff |
2010 |
sc |
$9.50 |
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With
Scott to the Pole, retold by Howard Marshall |
Country
Life |
1947 |
hb |
$10.00 |
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You
Have to Be Lucky - Antarctic and other adventures - signed copy available |
Law,
Phillip |
1995 |
sc |
$22.50 |
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