It should be noted here that this is not a book about polar exploration, and those looking for the history of Peary and Cook’s northern forays, as well as the reasons why both are now presumed ...

To the Ends of the Earth: the Truth Behind the Glory of Polar Exploration John V.H. Dippel, Prometheus Books, 346 pages, 2018. $28 ...

In a new graphic novel, cartoonist Luke Healy follows three story lines into the frozen North. The history of polar exploration is filled with tales of folly and heroism, in almost equal measure ...

TERRA NOVA. By Henriette Lazaridis. Pegasus Books. 304 pages. $25.95. Hunger takes many forms. While Viola becomes fascinated with London’s suffragette hunger strikers, her husband, Edward, and ...

Americans love a good scammer. Frederick Cook, polar explorer and would-be oil tycoon, is the perfect fit for our age — 83 years after his death.

FAIRBANKS — To call polar exploration history a trending topic would be an understatement. So many books about the various journeys undertaken during that final stage in the Age of Exploration ...

A POLAR AFFAIR Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins By Lloyd Spencer Davis Illustrated. 368 pp. Pegasus Books. $29.95.