18 books like The heart of the Antarctic

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South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 1919 · ★ 4.2 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time"—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormVeteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure.As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to… Shares: Shackleton, Antarctica, Discovery and exploration, Journeys

Endurance Alfred Lansing · 1959 · ★ 4.5 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice, and was later crushed. This tale of survival by Shackleton and all 27 of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctice seas defined heroism. Shares: Shackleton, Antarctica, Discovery and exploration, Journeys

Arctic explorations Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats. Shares: Découverte et exploration, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, Travel

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile John Hanning Speke · 1863 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging This classic book is Speke's firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition's preparations, departure from London, and arrival at Zanzibar in 1859. They then undertake the hazardous march into the interior, encountering hostile tribes, dangerous animals, thieves, and other… Shares: Découverte et exploration, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, Journeys

The cannibal islands Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1850 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Travel back with author R. M. Ballantyne to the late eighteenth century and join Captain James Cook on his scientific expeditions to such exotic places as Tierra del Fuego, the islands of Tahiti and New Zealand, and the scene of the closing of his great career as navigator and discoverer. Learn from Cook's own observations and Ballantyne's detailed, yet tasteful and true explanations of the… Shares: Découverte et exploration, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Travels to discover the source of the Nile James Bruce · 1790 · ★ 3.2 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Demanding Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, British, Travel

Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Meriwether Lewis · 1953 · ★ 4.0 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Primiary source. Shares: Découverte et exploration, Discovery and exploration, Travel

The Frozen Deep Wilkie Collins · 1800 · ★ 3.5 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. With her gift of 'Second Sight', Clara foresees terrible tragedy ahead and is racked by guilt. Allied to two different ships, the two men at first have no cause to meet — until disaster strikes and they… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné, dans l'Afrique centrale René Caillié · 1830 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Second book of 3. First person account of how René Caillié managed to get to Temboctou in 1828 ( and managed to get back to tell the story). This book , the book end when mister Caillié is following a caravan, trying to get back to African sea coast. Shares: Discovery and exploration, Journeys, Travel

Pastwatch Orson Scott Card · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate From back cover Tor paperback February 1997: In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Journey to the shores of the Polar sea, in 1819-20-21-22 John Franklin · 1823 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Sir John Franklin's Narrative of the Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-1822 recounts a hair-raising adventure of the "Golden Age of Discovery", the period from 1800 to 1847 when sailing ships from around the world feverishly searched for a Northwest Passage through the Arctic. Franklin entered the Royal Navy at the age of 14, went on his first exploratory voyage to… Shares: Discovery and exploration, Journeys, British, Travel

Le Rhin Victor Hugo · 1800 · ★ 4.4 · 430p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Dans ces pages de voyage, Victor Hugo fait du Rhin et de ses villes un vaste livre de pierre, où Mayence, Cologne, Francfort, Worms et Rome révèlent les combats du temps, de l'histoire et de la modernité. L'arrivée par le chemin de fer, la douceur des paysages rhénans, les cathédrales, les cloîtres, les tombeaux et les ruines composent une méditation à la fois savante, lyrique et indignée sur la… Shares: Journeys, Travel

The Magus John Fowles · 1965 · ★ 3.9 · 670p · ≈ 22h · Moderate A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school on a small Greek island. Bored and lonely he spends his free hours wandering alone until he meets a wealthy and mysterious neighbour. Soon he finds himself a victim of this man’s increasingly bizarre psychological games and obsessed with a young woman who may or may not be a willing… Shares: Teachers, British, Travel

Georg Forster's sämmtliche Schriften Georg Forster · 1986 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Frozen in time Owen Beattie · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm Shares: Discovery and exploration, British

When the Going Was Good Evelyn Waugh · 1934 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging With the publication of When the Going Was Good Little, Brown takes great pleasure in returning to print a classic of travel journalism. Between 1928 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh wrote four travel books: Labels, Remote People, Ninety-Two Days, and Waugh in Abyssinia, about journeys he made in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. In 1945 he excerpted five long pieces from these books and published… Shares: Journeys, British, Travel

Autobiography of Lutfullah Lutfullah · 1857 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Journeys, Travel

Venture to the Interior Laurens van der Post · 1951 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A gripping, sometimes harrowing account of a British exploratory expedition into an uncharted region of southern Africa Shares: Discovery and exploration, Travel

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