ARCTIC & GREENLAND Suggested reading list
‘Commander Markham's farthest north’, British Arctic Expedition 1875-1876. S0011791 The Royal Geographical Society's Collections holds thousands of items relating to the Arctic, as well as modern guide books covering the region. The following items can either be viewed through online resources, such as archive.org, or purchased through all good bookshops.
RECOMMENDED READING*
KIRWAN, L. P. A history of polar exploration, 1962
FRANCIS, GAVIN True North: travels in Arctic Europe, 2010
LEONARD, STEPHEN PAX The Polar North: ways of speaking, ways of belonging, 2014
LOPEZ, BARRY Arctic Dreams: imagination and desire in a northern landscape, 2014
PALIN, MICHAEL Erebus: the story of a ship, 2018
NANSEN, FRIDTJOF The first crossing of Greenland, 1892
DODDS, KLAUS & WOODWARD, JAMIE The Arctic: a very short introduction, 2021
RITTER, CHRISTIANE A Woman in the Polar Night, 1938
CRONIN, ELIZABETH (Ed.) The awe of the Arctic, 2024
WINDRIDGE, DR MELANIE Aurora, 2016
PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage, 1821
FRANKLIN, JOHN Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819-22, 1823
ROSS, JOHN Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, 1835
SMUCKER, SAMUEL M. Arctic explorations and discoveries during the nineteenth century by Ross, Parry, Back, Franklin, M'Clure, 1857