The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Antarctica

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
710 At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft 1936 American English
979 The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922 British English
2498 The South Pole Roald Amundsen 1912 Norwegian Norwegian
5372 Endurance Alfred Lansing 1959 American English
5469 The Birthday Boys Beryl Bainbridge 1991 British English
8315 Subterranean James Rollins 1999 American English
9105 Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 2025 Unknown English
9810 Skating To Antarctica Jenny Diski 1997 British English
9973 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
10009 The End Of Nature Bill McKibben 1989 American English
10087 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10820 Pym Mat Johnson 2011 American English
10972 The Two Mile Time Machine Richard Alley 2000 American English
11424 Ice Station Matthew Reilly 1998 Australian English
11661 The Ice Stephen J. Pyne 1986 American English
11859 Swimming To Antarctica Lynne Cox 1994 American English
12250 The Endurance Caroline Alexander 1998 Unknown English
12583 Scarecrow Matthew Reilly 2003 Australian English
14761 The Home Of The Blizzard Douglas Mawson 1914 Australian English
14857 Alone Richard Byrd 1938 American English
15586 Story Of Mankind Hendrik Willem van Loon 1921 American English
15744 South Ernest Shackleton 1919 British English
15875 Endurance F. A. Worsley 1931 British English
16485 Scott's Last Expedition Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922 British English
15899 Who Goes There? John Campbell 1938 American English
16728 My Life As an Explorer (Amundsen) Roald Amundsen 1927 Norwegian Norwegian
17120 Terra Incognita Sara Wheeler 1996 British English
17120 The Birth Of The People's Republic Of Antarctica John Calvin Batchelor 1983 American English
17120 The Edge Of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy 2010 Indian English
17120 Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 2021 American English
17120 Prisoners Of Geography Tim Marshall 2015 British English
17120 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17120 H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American Unknown
17120 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17120 The Last Place On Earth Roland Huntford 1979 British English
17120 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17120 Whiteout Adriana Anders 2020 Unknown English
17120 Otherworldly Antarctica Edward Stump 2024 Unknown Unknown
17120 The 6th Extinction James Rollins 2014 American English
17120 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17120 Embrace Fearlessly The Burning World Barry Lopez 2022 American English
17120 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 2020 Australian English
17120 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17120 The Call Of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories H. P. Lovecraft 1999 American English
17120 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17120 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17120 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17001 Endurance Alfred Lansing 1959 American English