Snow-filled Adventures

Updated November 6, 2025
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A History of Cannon Mountain: Trails, Tales and Skiing Legends
McPhaul, Meghan McCarthy
Paper Book
Join author and longtime Cannon skier Meghan McCarthy McPhaul to learn about the history of this historic mountain that is steeped in legends and lore. Rising at the western edge of New Hampshire's magnificently beautiful Franconia Notch State Park, the granite-domed mountain...
This land of snow : a journey across the north in winter
Morley, Anders
Paper Book
2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Journeys A passionate skier since he was a child, Anders Morley dreamed of going on a significant adventure, something bold and of his own design. And so one year in his early thirties, he decided to strap on cross-country skis to travel...
The winter army : the World War II odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's elite alpine warriors
Isserman, Maurice
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION'S ULLR AWARD, the epic story of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory. ...
Ski snowboard America
Leocha, Charles.
Paper Book
Oriented to all skiers and snowboarders from experts to beginners and from singles to families.
The hunt for Mount Everest
Storti, Craig
Paper Book
"This book would be enjoyed by those seeking knowledge of Everest beyond the climbing narratives, as well as those who appreciate the details of navigation and exploration." -- Booklist  The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850,...
The vast unknown : America's first ascent of Everest
Coburn, Broughton
Paper Book
"By the author of the bestseller Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963--published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary--combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying...
Last hours on Everest : the gripping story of Mallory & Irvine's fatal ascent
Hoyland, Graham.
Paper Book
Dawn broke fine on that fatal day. A couple of thousand feet above the tiny canvas tent the summit of the world''s highest mountain stood impassively, waiting for someone to have the courage to approach. Inside the ice-crusted shelter, two forms lay still as death. Then there was a groan,...
In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage
Vasquez-Lavado, Silvia
Paper Book
"In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life--one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us."--Elizabeth Gilbert Endless ice. Thin air....
The White Mountain : rediscovering Mount Washington's hidden culture
Szczesny, Dan
Paper Book
"Informative, funny, and full of fascinating characters...Dan Szczesny bushwhacks a fresh, new, wonder-filled trail." -From the foreword by Rebecca Rule Over the course of one calendar year, journalist Dan Szczesny explored the history and mystique of New England's tallest mountain. But Mount...
The lions of winter : survival and sacrifice on Mount Washington
Gagne, Ty.
Paper Book
Antarctica
Averbuck, Alexis
Paper Book
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Antarcticais your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get up close and personal with the local penguin populations, cruise the...
Antarctica
Averbuck, Alexis
Paper Book
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Antarctica is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Spot penguins tobogganing along the ice, venture to the...
Antarctica : exploring the extreme : 400 years of adventure
Landis, Marilyn J.
Paper Book
Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration, this travel adventure documents dozens of voyages, from the earliest days of long-distance sea travel through the rapacious exploitation of seal and whale in the 19th century to the 20th-century expeditions racing to the South...
The impossible first : from fire to ice--crossing Antarctica alone
O'Brady, Colin
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir spans his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident to his gripping 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone,...
Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage
Lansing, Alfred.
Paper Book
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- has long been acknowledged...
An empire of ice : Scott, Shackleton, and the heroic age of Antarctic science
Larson, Edward J.
Paper Book
Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, An Empire of Ice presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his...
Ninety degrees North : the quest for the North Pole
Fleming, Fergus
Paper Book
The acclaimed author of "Barrow's Boys" and "Killing Dragons" relates the epic story of the men who stopped at nothing to unravel the mysteries of the North Pole. In scintillating detail he tells of the wing governments and fantastic eccentrics who, despite their heroic failures, often achieved...
Fatal north : adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole
Henderson, Bruce B.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Bruce Henderson comes the harrowing true story of USS Polaris: a voyage of discovery that became a fight forsurvival--and a search for the truth….It began as President Ulysses S. Grant’s bid for international glory after the Civil War--America...
In the kingdom of ice : the grand and terrible polar voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette
Sides, Hampton
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what...
Realm of ice and sky : triumph, tragedy, and history's greatest Arctic rescue
Levy, Buddy
Paper Book
Two-time National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship―and the men who sacrificed everything to make history. Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic...
Dogs on the trail : a year in the life
Braverman, Blair
Paper Book
A delightful photographic journey into a year in the life of a team of sled dogs, based on Braverman's wildly popular Twitter feed. When Blair Braverman started posting pictures of her dog team on Twitter, she had no idea the response she would get. Being a musher, after all, isn't just...
Thirty below : the harrowing and heroic story of the first all-women's ascent of Denali
Randall, Cassidy.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2025 Banff Mountain Literature Award for Nonfiction "An entrancing tale of a harrowing adventure." --Kirkus (starred review) Winner of the Banff Mountain Literature Award for Non-Fiction Celebrated in Vanity...
Welcome to the goddamn ice cube : chasing fear and finding home in the great white north
Braverman, Blair
Paper Book
A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north. By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in...
Tip of the iceberg : my 3,000-mile journey around wild Alaska, the last great American frontier
Adams, Mark
Paper Book
In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organised a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury 'floating university,' populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir....
Looking for Alaska
Jenkins, Peter
Paper Book
More than twenty years ago, a disillusioned college graduate named Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to look for himself and his nation. His memoir of what he found,A Walk Across America, captured the hearts of millions of Americans. Now, Peter is a bit older,...
Arctic odyssey : a history of the Koyukuk River gold stampede in Alaska's far north
Allan, Chris
Paper Book
Ada Blackjack : a true story of survival in the Arctic
Niven, Jennifer.
Paper Book
From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into...
Searching for Franklin : new answers to the great Arctic mystery
McGoogan, Ken
Paper Book
Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern mystery. Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's expeditions were monumental failures--the...

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