‘Mount Erebus from Hut Point’. Watercolour by Edward Adrian Wilson, 1911. S0022127
ANTARCTICA Suggested reading list
The Royal Geographical Society's Collections holds over 8,000 items relating specifically to Antarctica, as well as modern guide books covering the continent. The following items can be viewed through online resources, such as the Internet Archive, or purchased through all good bookshops.
RECOMMENDED READING*
ROSS, JAMES CLARK
A voyage of discovery and research in the Southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839-43
SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON
Antarctica: an intimate portrait of the world's most mysterious continent, 2012
The voyage of the Discovery, 1905
AMUNDSEN, ROALD The South Pole: an account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
DUNNETT, HARDING MCGREGOR WHEELER, SARA
TYLER-LEWIS, KELLY
RORKE, BRYAN Ordeal by ice: ships of the Antarctic, 2011
SANCTON, JULIA Madhouse at the end of the Earth: the Belgica’s journey into the dark Antarctic night, 2022
The lost men: the harrowing story of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party, 2007
DE POMEREU, JEAN & MCCAHEY, DANIELLA Antarctica: a history in 100 objects, 2022
Terra Incognita: travels in Antarctica, 1997
MACINNES, KATHERINE Snow widows: Scott’s fatal Antarctic expedition through the eyes of the women they left behind, 2022
Shackleton’s boat: the story of the James Caird, 1996
FIENNES, RANULPH Cold: extreme adventures at the lowest temperatures on Earth, 2013
The worst journey in the world, 1922
ASTON, FELICITY Alone in Antarctica, 2013
SHACKLETON, ERNEST CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY
DODDS, KLAUS The Antarctic: a very short introduction, 2012
South, 1919
WALKER, GABRIELLE
BOUND, MENSUN The ship beneath the ice, 2023