1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing: This classic account of the 1914-1916 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton provides a gripping narrative of the explorer’s harrowing journey to Antarctica.
2. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard: This memoir of the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica (1910-1913) recounts the hardships and tragedies endured by the crew as they explored the continent’s interior.
3. South: The Endurance Expedition by Sir Ernest Shackleton: This first-hand account of Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica in 1914 details the explorer’s epic struggle to survive the journey and return home.
4. The Coldest March by Susan Solomon: This book provides a comprehensive account of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1913.
5. The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford: This book tells the story of the race to the South Pole between Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
6. The Frozen World by Francis Spufford: This book explores the history of exploration and discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
7. To the Ends of the Earth by David Roberts: This book chronicles the history of polar exploration from the earliest expeditions to modern-day voyages.
8. The White Desert by Charles Neider: This book is an account of the author’s 1959 expedition to Antarctica.
9. The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis: This book tells the story of the Ross Sea Party, a group of men who were part of Shackleton’s 1914-1916 Antarctic Expedition.
10. The Last Place on Earth: Race to the South Pole by Roland Huntford: This book recounts the race between Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen to be the first to reach the South Pole.