This series of books are facsimile reprints of original books relating to polar exploration.
Details are at: www.cambridge.org
Many of the earlier Hakluyt Society volumes are available in this series.
“This series includes accounts, by eye-witnesses and contemporaries, of early expeditions to the Arctic and the Antarctic. Huge resources were invested in such endeavours, particularly the search for the North-West Passage, which, if successful, promised enormous strategic and commercial rewards. Cartographers and scientists travelled with many of the expeditions, and their work made important contributions to earth sciences, climatology, botany and zoology. They also brought back anthropological information about the indigenous peoples of the Arctic region and the southern fringes of the American continent. The series further includes dramatic and poignant accounts of the harsh realities of working in extreme conditions and utter isolation in bygone centuries.” from website
| Title | Subtitle | Author |
Published |
| A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador | (3 vols) | George Cartwright |
1792 |
| An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia | Martin Sauer |
1802 |
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| A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions | Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific | John Barrow |
1818 |
| Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions | Performed 1818, in His Majesty’s Ship Alexander, Wm. Edw. Parry, Esq. Lieut. and Commander | Alexander Fisher |
1819 |
| A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery | And of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians | James Burney |
1819 |
| A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty’s Ships Isabella and Alexander | For the Purpose of Exploring Baffin’s Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage | John Ross |
1819 |
| An Account of the Arctic Regions | With a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery (2 vols) | William Scoresby |
1820 |
| The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle | Edward Sabine |
1821 |
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| Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific | Performed in the Years 1819–20 … under the Orders of William Edward Parry | William Edward Parry |
1821 |
| Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-22 | John Franklin |
1823 |
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| Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery | Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool | William Scoresby |
1823 |
| Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific | Performed in the Years 1821–22–23 … under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry | William Edward Parry |
1824 |
| A Voyage towards the South Pole: Performed in the Years 1822–24 | Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea, and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego | James Weddell |
1825 |
| Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific | Performed in the Years 1824–25, in His Majesty’s ships Hecla and Fury, under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry | William Edward Parry |
1826 |
| Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait | To Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28 (2 vols) | Frederick William Beechey |
1831 |
| Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 | John Franklin & John Richardson |
1835 |
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| Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage | And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829–33 (2 Vols, 2nd titled “Appendix to Second ….” | John Ross |
1835 |
| Narrative of an Expedition in HMS Terror | Undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836–7 | George Back |
1838 |
| Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea | In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823 | Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell, Edward Sabine (Ed.) |
1840 |
| Report of the President and Council of the Royal Society on the Instructions to be Prepared for the Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic Regions | Royal Society |
1840 |
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| A Narrative of Some Passages in the History of Eenoolooapik | A Young Esquimaux, Who Was Brought to Britain in 1839, in the Ship Neptune of Aberdeen | Alexander M’Donald |
1841 |
| Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l’Océanie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée | Exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840 (10 vols) | Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville |
1841 |
| Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the Years 1839 and 1840 | (2 vols) | Joseph Beete Jukes |
1842 |
| Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America | Effected by the Officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company during the Years 1836–1839 | Thomas Simpson |
1843 |
| Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time | John Barrow |
1846 |
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| A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839–43 | (2 vols) | James Clark Ross |
1847 |
| Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 | John Rae |
1850 |
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| Arctic Searching Expedition | A Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert’s Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin (2 vols) | John Richardson |
1851 |
| Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions | A Narrative Showing the Progress of the British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-West Passage during the Nineteenth Century | Peter Lund Simmonds |
1851 |
| The Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin | A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas | William Parker Snow |
1851 |
| Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Herald during the Years 1845–51 under the Command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B. | Being a Circumnavigation of the Globe and Three Cruizes to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin | Berthold Seemann |
1853 |
| Franklin’s Footsteps | A Sketch of Greenland, along the Shores of which his Expedition Passed, and of the Parry Isles, Where the Last Traces of it Were Found | Clements R. Markham |
1853 |
| A Short Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Prince Albert, in Search of Sir John Franklin | William Kennedy |
1853 |
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| Journal d’un Voyage aux Mers Polaires | Exécuté à la Recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852 | Joseph René Bellot |
1854 |
| The Last of the Arctic Voyages | Being a Narrative of the Expedition in HMS Assistance, under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in Search of Sir John Franklin, during the Years 1852–54 ( 2 vols) | Edward Belcher |
1855 |
| Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin | A Narrative of the Circumstances and Causes Which Led to the Failure of the Searching Expeditions Sent by Government and Others for the Rescue of Sir John Franklin | John Ross |
1855 |
| Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin | (2 vols) | Joseph René Bellot |
1855 |
| Arctic Explorations | The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ’54, ’55 (2 vols) | Elisha Kent Kane |
1856 |
| The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 | From the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M’Clure, Illustrated by S. Gurney Cresswell | Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Sherard Osborn (Ed.) |
1856 |
| A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage | While in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin | Alexander Armstrong |
1857 |
| Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry | Edward Parry |
1857 |
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| Voyage dans les Mers du Nord à bord de la corvette La Reine Hortense | Karol Edmund Choiecki |
1857 |
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| A Two Years’ Cruise Off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate | A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas (2 vols) | William Parker Snow |
1857 |
| A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions | The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas | Francis Leopold McClintock |
1859 |
| The Life of William Scoresby | R. E. Scoresby-Jackson |
1861 |
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| Nord-fahrt, entlang der Norwegischen küste, nach dem Nordkap, den Inseln Jan Mayen und Island, auf dem Schooner Joachim Hinrich | Unternommen während der monate Mai bis Oktober 1861 von Dr Georg Berna, in begleitung von C. Vogt, H. Hasselhorst, A. Gressly und A. Herzen | Karl Christoph Vogt |
1863 |
| The Love-life of Dr Kane | Containing the Correspondence, and a History of the Acquaintance, Engagement, and Secret Marriage between Elisha K. Kane and Margaret Fox | Anonymous |
1866 |
| The Open Polar Sea | A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, in the Schooner United States | Isaac Israel Hayes |
1866 |
| Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-Shoes | A Journal of Siberian Travel and Explorations Made in the Years 1865, 1866 and 1867 | Richard James Bush |
1871 |
| A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology | Reprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society | Clements R. Markham (Ed.) |
1875 |
| Cruise of the Pandora | From the Private Journal Kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., etc., Commander of the Expedition | Allen Young |
1876 |
| Narrative of the North Polar Expedition | U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding | Charles Henry Davis |
1876 |
| Vocabulaire Français–Esquimau | Dialecte des Tchiglit des bouches du Mackenzie et de l’Anderson | Émile Petitot |
1876 |
| The Official Report of the Recent Arctic Expedition | George Nares |
1876 |
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| New Lands within the Arctic Circle | Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship Tegetthoff in the Years 1872–1874 (2 vols) | Julius von Payer |
1876 |
| The Royal Geographical Society and the Arctic Expedition of 1875–76 | A Report | Clements R. Markham |
1877 |
| The Dutch in the Arctic Seas | A Dutch Arctic Expedition and Route | Samuel Richard van Campen |
1877 |
| The Great Frozen Sea | A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 | Albert Hastings Markham |
1878 |
| Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery | With Notes on the Natural History (2 vols) | George Nares |
1878 |
| The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1858–1879 | Alexander Leslie |
1879 |
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| An Account of the Petrological, Botanical, and Zoological Collection Made in Kerguelen’s Land and Rodriguez during the Transit of Venus Expeditions 1874–75 | Alfred Edwin Eaton |
1879 |
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| The Two Voyages of the Pandora | In 1875 and 1876 | Allen Young |
1879 |
| Die Amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition | Emil Bessels |
1879 |
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| Fur-Clad Adventurers | Or, Travels in Skin-Canoes, on Dog-Sledges, on Reindeer, and on Snow-Shoes, through Alaska, Kamchatka, and Eastern Siberia | Zacariah Atwell Mudge |
1880 |
| Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos | Eine Schilderung der Erlebnisse der Schwatka’schen Franklin-Aufsuchungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1878–80 | Heinrich W. Klutschak |
1881 |
| The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe | With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World (2 vols) | Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Alexander Leslie (trans) |
1881 |
| The Voyage of the Jeannette | The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879–1881 (2 vols) | George Washington De Long, Emma De Long (ed) |
1883 |
| American Explorations in the Ice Zones | Joseph Everett Nourse |
1884 |
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| Proceedings of the Proteus Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883 | United States Congress |
1884 |
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| In the Lena Delta | A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole | George W. Melville & Melville Philips |
1885 |
| Vitus Bering: The Discoverer of Bering Strait | Peter Lauridsen, Julius E. Olson (trans) |
1889 |
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| Journal of HMS Enterprise | On the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin’s Ships by Behring Strait, 1850–55 | Richard Collinson & T. B. Collinson |
1889 |
| The First Crossing of Greenland | (2 vols) | Fridtjof Nansen, Hubert Majendie Gepp (trans) |
1890 |
| In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition | Together with a Transcript of the Log of the Kite | Robert Neff Keely & Gwilym George Davis |
1893 |
| From Edinburgh to the Antarctic | An Artist’s Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892–93 | William Gordon Burn Murdoch |
1894 |
| The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra) | Narrative of a Winter Journey across the Tundras and a Sojourn among the Samoyads | Frederick George Jackson, Arthur Montefiore (ed) |
1895 |
| The Cruise of the Antarctic to the South Polar Regions | Henrik Johan Bull |
1896 |
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| The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N. | Henry Duff Traill |
1896 |
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| Farthest North | Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893–96, and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey (2 vols) | Fridtjof Nansen |
1897 |
| Northward over the Great Ice | A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891–1897, etc. (2 vols) | Robert E. Peary |
1898 |
| A Thousand Days in the Arctic | (2 vols) | Frederick G. Jackson |
1899 |
| Beyond Petsora Eastward | Two Summer Voyages to Novaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea | Henry J. Pearson |
1899 |
| With Nansen in the North | A Record of the Fram Expedition in 1893–96 | Hjalmar Johansen, H. L. Braekstad (ed) |
1899 |
| A Summer in Greenland | A. C. Seward |
1922 |