This stunning picture book is the perfect read-aloud with which to teach kids to count while learning about the world’s coldest continent, Antarctica.
Bradt’s Antarctica: a Guide to Wildlife is the most practical guide to the flora and fauna available for those ‘going south’.
This map features Antarctica on one side and Tierra del Fuego on the other, plus insets maps of Falkland Islands and Ushuaia.
No place on Earth compares to this vast white wilderness of elemental forces: snow, ice, water, rock. Antarctica is simply stunning. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Antarctica, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.
My Penguin Year recounts author Lindsay McCrae’s adventure to the end of the Earth, spending a year living alongside the most resilient creatures in nature – emperor penguins.
When Australian-based scientist Chris Turney’s expedition got stuck in the Antarctic ice in 2013, it brought global attention to the dangers of the world’s least-known continent – and its fragility. Turney tells his own dramatic tale against the backdrop of the compelling history of Antarctic exploration and inspired by fears for the continent’s future.
This astonishing memoir of Shackleton’s final voyage explores courage, tenacity and unflagging hope in the face of adversity.