Snow-filled Adventures

Updated November 6, 2025
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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 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 : [large print] Shackleton's incredible voyage /
Lansing, Alfred.
Paper Book
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...
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,...
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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