We recommend that you investigate the Earth Sciences, History and Travel sections of your local library where you can get a sense of what has been written about the places on your Antarctica itinerary. You may also wish to investigate some books on photography techniques since you will be witness to the intense wildness and natural beauty that Antarctica offers its visitors.
In order to help you locate reading materials for your trip, we have put together a list that provides a framework of reliable sources and titles by recognized authorities. The framework can easily be adjusted toward one direction or another to suit your own preferences and interests.
Another Penguin Summer. O.S. Pettingill, Jr. Scribner's, New York, 1975
Antarctica. C. Neider. Random, New York, 1972
Antarctica and the South Atlantic: Discovery, Development & Dispute. Robert Fox. British Broadcasting Corp., 1985
Antarctica: An Introductory Guide. D. Galimberti. Zagier & Urruty Publications, 6630 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33141-5840, 1991
Antarctica: No Single Country, No Single Sea. Peter Johnson, C. Bong & R. Siegfried. New Holland, London, 1990
Antarctica: The Extraordinary History of Man's Conquest of the Frozen Continent. Reader's Digest, 1990 (2nd ed.)
Antarctica: The Last Frontier. R. Laws. Boxtree, 1989
Antarctica, the Next Decade. A. Parsons. Cambridge University Press, 1987
Antarctic Conquest: The Great Explorers in Their Own Words. Robert Silverberg. Bobbs-Merrill Co., New York, 1965
1910-1916 Antarctic Photographs: Scott, Mawson, and Shackleton Expeditions. H. Ponting and F. Hurley. MacMillan London, Ltd., London, 1979
Antarctic Wildlife. E. Hosking and B. Sage. Croom Helm Ltd., London, 1982
A Time to Speak: An Autobiography. Sir Vivian Fuchs. Nelson, England, 1991
Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic. G.E. Watson. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1975
Breaking the Ice: Life & Work in Antarctica. Rowan Butler. Australia, 1988
Crossing Antarctica. W. Steger and Jon Bowermaster. Random House, New York, 1992
Discovery. R. E. Byrd. G. P. Putnam's & Sons, 1935
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. A. Lansing. Carroll and Graf, Inc., New York, 1959
Land of the Ice King. Clive Johnson. Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, UK, 1990
Life Nature Library: The Poles. W. Ley. Time-Life Books, Netherlands, 1976
North Pole/South Pole: A Guide to the Ecology and Resources of the Arctic and Antarctic. Bernard Stonehouse. Prion, 1990
Penguins. J. Sparks & T. Soper. Facts on File, New York, 1987
Penguins. Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin, 1975
Penguins: Past and Present, Here and There. G.G. Simpson. Yale University Press, Connecticut, 1976
Safe Retum Doubtful: the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration. John Maxtone-Graham. Scribner, New York, 1988
Scott & Amundsen. R. Huntford. Hodder & Stoughton, 1980
Scott of the Antarctic. Elspeth Huxley. Atheneum, New York, 1990
Seabirds: An Identification Guide. P. Harrison. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1983
Sea Guide to Whales of the World. T. Ritchie and L. Watson. Hutchinson U.K and E.P. Dutton, New York, 1981
Shackleton. R. Huntford. Fawcett, New York, 1987
Shackleton's Boat Journey. F.A. Worsley. Norton, New York, 1977
Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. S. Leatherwood and R. Reeves. Sierra Club Books, 1983
South: Shackleton 's Last Expedition 1914-17. Sir Ernest Shackleton.120 photos. New Edtion, 1990
The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica. David Campbell. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1992
The Explorations of Antarctica: The Last Unspoiled Continent. G.E. Fogg and D. Smith. Cassell, London, 1990
The Greenpeace Book of Antarctica. J. May. Doubleday, New York, 1988
The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica. S. Pyne. University of Iowa Press, 1987
The Last Place on Earth. R. Huntford. Atheneum, New York, 1985
The Last Wilderness: 80 Days in Antarctica. Paul Brown. Hutchinson, London, 1991
The Voyages of the Discovery: Illustrated History of Scott's Ship. Ann Savours, 1992
The Worst Journey in the World. Apsley Cherry- Garrard. Carroll and Graf, Inc., New York, 1989
Voyage through the Antarctic. R. Adams and R. Lockley. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1983
Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises. Facts on File, 1988
Wild Ice: Antarctic Journeys. R. Naveen, C. Monteath, T. De Roy, and M. Jones. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, and London, 1990
Wildlife of the Polar Regions. G.C. Ray and M.G. McCormick-Ray. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1981
Three Men of the Beagle. R. Lee Marks. Avon Books, New York, 1991
The Uttermost Part of the Earth: Tierra del Fuego. Esteban Lucas Bridges. Dutton, New York, 1988