Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration

A gripping collection of true stories telling the remarkable and dangerous journeys of exploration to the North and South Poles. This volume seeks to encourage even the most reluctant reader to pick u

In an age when polar exploration was akin to space exploration today, Sir John Franklin’s journeys of discovery captured the popular imagination. Originally published in 1859, Thirty Years in the Arct

This short work contains texts and maps relating to early exploration and trade routes. Included here are descriptions of Russia and Siberia by Isaac Massa (1586–1643), a Dutch merchant and diplomat; one of the memorials relating to Pacific discoveries by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (c.1565–1615); and maps by the cartographer Hessel Gerritsz (c.1581–1632) showing the discoveries of the English navigator Henry Hudson (d.1611). Gerritsz originally compiled these materials and published them in Dutch, and they were soon translated into Latin to increase their readership. In the present work, first published in 1878, reproductions of the Dutch and Latin editions from 1612 and 1613 are presented together by Frederik Muller (1817–81). To encourage research on these texts, Muller also included a new English translation, and an explanatory essay by his son Samuel Muller (1848–1922).

Published posthumously in 1921, Markham's illustrated history draws on his extensive knowledge of contemporary polar explorers and expeditions.

This 1824 account of Cochrane's travels across Europe, Russia and Siberia is full of interesting anecdotes and observations.

Prepared for the British Arctic Expedition of the same year, this 1875 scientific manual includes instructions on making important observations.

First published in 1878, this English translation of a Greenlander's memoirs provides a valuable alternative perspective on nineteenth-century polar expeditions.

Published in 1905, this is Captain Scott's highly illustrated two-volume account of his first expedition to Antarctica in 1901-4.

The 1912 English translation of the two-volume illustrated account of how Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team reached the South Pole first.

Published in 1905, this is Captain Scott's highly illustrated two-volume account of his first expedition to Antarctica in 1901-4.

Reissued in its 1908 English translation, this engaging two-volume account charts the first successful voyage through the North-West Passage.

Reissued in its 1908 English translation, this engaging two-volume account charts the first successful voyage through the North-West Passage.

The 1912 English translation of the two-volume illustrated account of how Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team reached the South Pole first.