Sad Boat Books for Sad Boat People

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14 participants (60 books)

Overview

Nautical history and polar exploration non-fiction from recs on tumblr by @jesslovesboats

Challenge Books

Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition by Bruce Henderson by Bruce Henderson

Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition by Bruce Henderson

Bruce Henderson

Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy by Fergus Fleming

Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy

Fergus Fleming

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Andrea Pitzer

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition by Leonard F. Guttridge

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition

Leonard F. Guttridge

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture by Michael F. Robinson

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture

Michael F. Robinson

Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition by T. H. Baughman

Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition

T. H. Baughman

Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse by Stephen Haddelsey

Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse

Stephen Haddelsey

Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel by Anne Strathie

Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel

Anne Strathie

SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE by Frank Wild

SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE

Frank Wild

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod

Beau Riffenburgh

The Quest Chronicle: The untold story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922 by Jan Chojecki

The Quest Chronicle: The untold story of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922

Jan Chojecki

How to Survive in the North by Luke Healy

How to Survive in the North

Luke Healy