ESSENTIAL
These 6 items are available as a set for $112 including
shipping, 15% off the retail price (Item EXANT116). Free shipping on any additional books ordered.

Tony Soper, Dafila Scott (Illustrator)
Antarctica, A Guide to the Wildlife
2008, PAPER, 160 PAGES, $25.99
Designed for the field, this compact handbook features all the species of birds, seals and whales the traveler is likely to encounter on an Antarctic voyage, each with a few paragraphs, range map and masterful color paintings by the granddaughter of Captain Robert Scott. (Item ANT30)

Ocean Explorer
Antarctic Explorer Map
2009, MAP, $11.95
Including Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Falklands and South Georgia. (Item ANT128)

Wayne Lynch
Penguins of the World
2007, FLEXI-BOUND, 176 PAGES, $24.95
Photographer, naturalist and expedition leader Wayne
Lynch weaves delightful tales of penguins, their habitats
and habits, with hundreds of glorious full-color photographs. (Item ANT62)

David Campbell
The Crystal Desert
2002, PAPER, 308 PAGES, $14.95
A splendid, prize-winning portrait of Antarctica. Campbell's vivid essays on fossils, glaciers, history and wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula are an excellent introduction to the area. (Item ANT01)

Ron Naveen
The Oceanites Site Guide to the Antarctic Peninsula
2005, FLEXI-BOUND, 129 PAGES, $29.95
With its descriptions, full-page maps and stunning aerial
photographs of visitor sites, this is the one book to carry
on your voyage south. (Item ANT37)

Alfred Lansing
Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
1998, PAPER, 280 PAGES, $14.95
An extraordinary tale of survival that reads like a good
novel. It's the gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's
legendary perseverance: losing his ship in the ice, drifting helplessly across the Weddell Sea and finally reaching Elephant Island, from where he sailed 800 miles to get help for his stranded men. (Item ANT03)

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British Antarctic Survey
Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea Map
2008, MAP, $24.95
This authoritative, beautifully colored chart shows contours, bathymetry, elevation, ice shelves, coastline andgeologic features of the Peninsula south to the Ellsworth Mountains(1:1:000,000). The reverse shows the Drake Passage and the entire Scotia Arc.(Item no. ANT299)
We also carry BAS maps of the South Shetland
Islands (ANT300) and Brabant to the Argentine Islands (ANT228), and Satellite Image Map of Antarctica. (ANT82)

Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires
2008, PAPER, 248 PAGES, $18.99
An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires with a pullout map and detailed practical information on neighborhoods, shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips out of the city. (Item ARG10)

Peter Carey, Craig Franklin
Antarctica Cruising Guide
2009, PAPER, 233 PAGES, $25.95
Superbly illustrated, this compact guide by two Antarctic
veterans features an inviting roundup of favorite landing
spots and scenic cruising grounds and an overview of
Antarctic penguins, seabirds, seals and whales. It has hundreds of color photographs and just about everything you need to know. (Item ANT249)

David Hempleman-Adams, Emma Stuart, Sophie Gordon
The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography
2009, HARD COVER, 240 PAGES, $47.50
Capturing all the drama and adventure of the time (it
must have been like sending a man to the moon), this
exquisite book presents not only the haunting Antarctic
photographs of Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley, but also lively essays, maps, paintings and other
ephemera of the two celebrated expeditions. (Item no.
ANT298)

Roland Huntford, Paul Theroux (Introduction)
The Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
1999, PAPER, 576 PAGES, $15.95
Huntford's absorbing dual biography is a rousing tale.
Clearly an admirer of Amundsen, Huntford interweaves
the story of the two expeditions, contrasting Amundsen's well-planned campaign with Scott's many follies. (Item ANT100)

Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World
2006, PAPER, 573 PAGES, $18.00
Cherry-Garrard's epic midwinter jaunt to an emperor
penguin rookery is just a warm-up for the main event:
Scott's doomed last expedition. (Item ANT23)

David McGonigal
Antarctica, Secrets of the Southern Continent
2008, HARD COVER, 400 PAGES, $59.95
Expedition leader and photographer McGonigal's gorgeous oversize Antarctic primer features 600 color photographs and excellent maps along with essays on history, exploration, wildlife, science and conservation by dozens of contributing experts and fellow Antarcticans. (Item ANT167)

Fen Montaigne
Fraser's Penguins, Warning Signs from Antarctica
2010, HARD COVER, 288 PAGES, $26.00
In his account of the 2005-2006 Antarctic spring and
summer he spent working alongside Bill Fraser at Palmer
Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, documenting Fraser's
work with the disappearing populations Adelie penguins,
Montaigne weaves a captivating tale of hard work,
camaraderie -- and the importance of the penguin as a
bellwether of climate change. (Item no. ANT323)

National Geographic Society
Antarctic Wildlife Adventure
2005, DVD, $19.98
National Geographic photographers trail Jerome and Sally Poncet and their young sons on a voyage around the Antarctic Peninsula for this documentary, an excellent
overview of places and experiences on an Antarctic voyage. (Item no. ANT248)

David Attenborough, Ben Osbourne (Photographer)
Life in the Freezer
1993, DVD, 224 PAGES, $14.98
This stirring BBC documentary with David Attenborough,
set largely along the Antarctic Peninsula, features
amazing footage of the marine environment, penguins,
birds and people of the Antarctic. (Item ANT88)

Hadoram Shirihai, Brett Jarrett (Illustrator)
The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife
2008, HARD COVER, 544 PAGES, $55.00
This splendidly illustrated handbook features color plates of all the birds and marine mammals occurring south of 40 degrees. With 900 color photographs. (Item ANT178)

Frank Todd
Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands
2004, PAPER, 138 PAGES, $29.95
Gorgeously illustrated, compact and comprehensive, this
photo guide includes all the hard-to-identify seabirds of
Antarctic waters. (Item no. ANT213)

Frank Todd
Birds & Mammals of the Antarctic & Subantarctic
2007, PLASTIC CARD, 12 PAGES, $14.95
This handy foldup card shows the penguins, birds, seals
and whales of the Southern Ocean. (Item ANT295)