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Antarctic comrades : an American with the Russians in Antarctica


Dewart, Gilbert, 1932-
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1989] 1989

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Antarctica's Lost Aviator : The Epic Adventure to Explore the Last Frontier on Earth


Maynard, Jeff (Filmmaker), author.
New York : Pegasus Books, 2019. 2019

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Arctic sun on my path : the true story of America's last great polar explorer


Knutsen, Willie, -1992.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2005] 2005

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Clash of eagles : America's forgotten expedition to Ottoman Palestine


Clark, Carol Lea.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2012] 2012

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Cook & Peary : the polar controversy, resolved


Bryce, Robert M.
Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [1997] 1997

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The devil may care : fifty intrepid Americans and their quest for the unknown



Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003] 2003

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Diving deep



[El Segundo, California] : Gravitas Ventures, [2021] 2021

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Down the great unknown : John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Gran


Dolnick, Edward, 1952-
New York : HarperCollins, [2001] 2001

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Explorer : the life of Richard E. Byrd


Rose, Lisle A., 1936-
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008] 2008

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Fatal north : adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole


Henderson, Bruce, 1946-
New York : New American Library, [2001] 2001

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Fatal North : Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition


Henderson, Bruce, 1946- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : RosettaBooks / Open Road Integrated Media, [2018] 2018

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Hero in disgrace : the life of arctic explorer Frederick A. Cook


Abramson, Howard S.
New York : Paragon House, 1991. 1991

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Into the wilderness


National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.
Washington : The Society, [1978] 1978

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Jungleland : A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure


Stewart, Christopher S., author.
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, [2014] 2014

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Ledyard : in search of the first American explorer


Gifford, Bill.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2007] 2007

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The life and times of Patrick Gass,


Jacob, J. G. (John G.)
Wellsburg, Va. : Jacob & Smith, 1859. 1859

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The life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane : and of other distiguished American explorers


Smucker, Samuel M. (Samuel Mosheim), 1823-1863.
Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, [2000] 2000

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Life of John Charles Fremont.



New York : Greeley & McElrath, 1856. 1856

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The noose of laurels : Robert E. Peary and the race to the North Pole


Herbert, Wally.
New York : Atheneum, 1989. 1989

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North to the night : a year in the Arctic ice


Simon, Alvah.
Camden, Me. : McGraw-Hill/International Marine, [1998] 1998

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Pathfinder : John Charles Frémont and the course of American empire


Chaffin, Tom.
New York : Hill and Wang, 2002. 2002

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Pink boots and a machete : my journey from NFL cheerleader to National Geographic explorer


Mayor, Mireya.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2011] 2011

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The promise of the Grand Canyon : John Wesley Powell's perilous journey and his vision for the Ameri


Ross, John F., 1958- author.
New York, New York : Viking, [2018] 2018

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Race to the polar sea : the heroic adventures of Elisha Kent Kane


McGoogan, Ken
Berkeley : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2008] 2008

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A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell


Worster, Donald, 1941-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. 2000

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Robert Peary and the quest for the North Pole


Harmon, Daniel E.
Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [2002] 2002

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Roosevelt the explorer : T.R.'s amazing adventures as a naturalist, conservationist, and explorer


Jeffers, H. Paul (Harry Paul), 1934-2009.
Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network, 2002. 2002

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Skyward : man's mastery of the air ..


Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 2000

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They married adventure : the wandering lives of Martin and Osa Johnson


Imperato, Pascal James.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1992] 1992

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True north : Peary, Cook, and the race to the Pole


Henderson, Bruce.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2005] 2005

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Two against the ice, Amundsen and Ellsworth


Mason, Theodore K.
New York : Dodd, Mead, [1982] 1982

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Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West


Ambrose, Stephen E.
New York : Simon & Schuster, [1996] 1996

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Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West


Ambrose, Stephen E.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1997

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Undaunted courage : [Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West]


Ambrose, Stephen E.
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, cp1996. 1996

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Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West


Ambrose, Stephen E.
New York, NY : Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio, [2008] 2008

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Westward expansion : an eyewitness history



New York : Facts on File, [1991] 1991

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First man : reimagining Matthew Henson


Schwartz, Simon, 1982-
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2015. 2015

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First man : reimagining Matthew Henson


Schwartz, Simon, 1982- author, illustrator.
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2015. 2015

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Admiral Richard Byrd : alone in Antarctica


Rink, Paul, 1912-
New York : Sterling Pub., [2006] 2006

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Admiral Richard Byrd : Alone in the Antarctic.


Rink, Paul, 1912-
Minneapolis, UNITED STATES : Voyageur Press, 2017. 2017

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