Despite the horrors that Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh …
Weaving together fact and fiction, at the centre of this story is the account of a race between two rivals to be the first American to reach the North Pole. It follows the …
The author spent six weeks at the pole and on the edge of the infamous Ross Ice Shelf, as well as another month with the British Antarctic Survey. This title presents a meditation …
Meanwhile a smaller group - the Ross Sea party, led by the impetuous one-eyed captain Aeneas Mackintosh and the hard-headed Ernest Joyce - went before them and landed on the …
Finally reaching an uninhabited island, Shackleton, Worsley and four others sailed eight hundred miles in a small boat to the island of South Georgia, an astounding feat of …
Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret …
The Road From Coorain is the beautifully written narrative of Jill Ker Conway's journey from girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for …
In 1998, Louis de Bernieres went to Perth in Western Australia to attend a literature festival. While exploring, he discovered a statue to Red Dog and decided that he must find out …
Pobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being …
Viktor ââ?¬â?? last seen in Death and the Penguin fleeing Mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha ââ?¬â?? seizes a heaven-sent opportunity to …
