Books

Northwest Greenland – A History

Northwest Greenland – A History by Richard Vaughan The University of Maine Press, Maine, 1991 Richard Vaughan narrates the little-known history of Avanersuaq – the North West coast of Greenland.

A life of John Davis, The Navigator

A life of John Davis, The Navigator, 1550-1605, The Discoverer of Davis Straits by Clements R. Markham George Philip & Son, London, 1889

Gino Watkins

Gino Watkins by J.M. Scott Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1935 A biography of Gino Watkins, leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition (BAARE) of 1930-31.

Northern Lights

Northern Lights by F. Spencer Chapman Chatto and Windus, London, 1932 The official account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to Greenland (BAARE) of 1930-31.

Dancing on Ice: A Stirring Tale of Adventure, Risk and Reckless Folly

Dancing on Ice: A Stirring Tale of Adventure, Risk and Reckless Folly by Jeremy Scott London: Old Street Publishing Ltd. 2008 The story of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition (BAARE) – a privately funded expedition to the East coast and… Read More »Dancing on Ice: A Stirring Tale of Adventure, Risk and Reckless Folly

The A to Z of the Discovery of the Northwest Passage

The A to Z of the Discovery of the Northwest Passage by Alan Day. As the name implies an encyclopaedia like series of entries relating to the exploration of the North-West Passage. Contains an extensive bibliography.

Challenge to the Poles

Challenge to the Poles by John Grierson G. T. Foulis & Co, London, 1964 A comprehensive list of Arctic and Antarctic aviation expeditions.

The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator

The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator + The Map of the World, A.D. 1600 Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Albert Hastings Markham, Captain R.N., F.R.G.S., Author of “A Whaling Cruise in Baffin’s Bay,” “The Great… Read More »The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator

The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596

The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596, by Gerrit de Veer. First Edition Edited by Charles T. Beke, Phil.D., F.S.A. 1853. Second Edition, with an Introduction, by Lieutenant Koolemans Beynen (Royal Netherlands Navy).… Read More »The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596

The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers

The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno, to the Northern Seas in the XIVth Century, comprising the latest known Accounts of the Lost Colony of Greenland; and of the Northmen in America before Columbus. Translated and Edited,… Read More »The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers

The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher

The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, in search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8. Reprinted from the First Edition of Hakluyt’s Voyages, with Selections from Manuscript Documents in the British Museum and State Paper… Read More »The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher

Henry Hudson the Navigator

Henry Hudson the Navigator: the Original Documents in which his Career is recorded. Collected, partly Translated, and Annotated, with an Introduction, by G. M. Asher, LL.D. 1860. Published by Hakluyt Society First Series – Part 1 – Number 27

A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland

A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland, comprising a translation from F. Martens’ Voyage to Spitzbergen: a Translation from Isaac de la Peyrère’s Histoire du Groenland: and God’s Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men in Greenland… Read More »A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland

A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China

A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the Years 1594, 1595, and 1596, by Gerrit de Veer. Published at Amsterdam in the Year 1598, and in 1609 translated into… Read More »A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China

The Geography of Hudson’s Bay

The Geography of Hudson’s Bay: Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in many Voyages to that Locality, between the Years 1727 and 1751. With an Appendix containing Extracts from the Log of Capt. Middleton on his Voyage for the… Read More »The Geography of Hudson’s Bay

Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India 1496 to 1631

Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India 1496 to 1631. With Selections from the early Records of the Honourable the East India Company and from MSS. in the British Museum. Thomas Rundall,… Read More »Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India 1496 to 1631

Below the Convergence

Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839 by Alan Gurney Pimlico / Random House, London, 1998 First published W.W.Norton Co. Ltd., 1997 Provides accounts of the early voyages in the Southern Ocean. “The tantalising theory of a huge southern continent,… Read More »Below the Convergence

Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions

Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions by Robert Headland Studies in Polar Research, 1989 This is the definitive book on the timeline of Antarctic expeditions. This work extends work created by Brian Roberts in 1945 and published in the Arctic Pilot in 1948… Read More »Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions

The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901

The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, George Murray and Clements Markham (1901) This was prepared for the Royal Geographic Society and presented to the Discovery expedition. It contains scientific, navigation and practical experience. It also… Read More »The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901