Drawing on her own experience living with and interviewing indigenous people in the region, Bathsheba Demuth presents a profound tale of the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that human ambition has brought (and will continue to ...

London's masterful storytelling and profound insights into the human condition make this collection a timeless classic that will both entertain and enlighten.

Silent Snow is not only a scientific journey, but a personal one with experiences that range from tracking endangered polar bears in Norway to hunting giant bowhead whales with native Alaskans struggling to protect their livelihood.

What really goes on in Antarctica?

In this 1890 publication Fridtjof Nansen recounts the first successful crossing of the interior of Greenland.

The classic of nature writing--the spellbinding story of adventures among arctic wolves--is now available in a new paperback edition.

His audacity as well as his presentation warrant admiration, for the implications of The Ice are vast.”—New York Times Book Review

Here are the stories of Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of “Gold!”; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in WWII; oil wildcatters looking for a ...

William Grimes, New York Times This is science writing at its best: clear, witty, relevant, unbelievably interesting, and just plain great. Mary Roach Walker has a Ph.D. in chemistry, but she writes like a poet.