Sad Boat Books for Sad Boat People

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4 participants (60 books)

Overview

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

Challenge Books

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night

Julian Sancton

The Worst Journey In The World, Graphic Novel Volume 1 by Sarah Airriess

The Worst Journey In The World, Graphic Novel Volume 1

Sarah Airriess

Frozen in Time by Owen Beattie, John Geiger

Frozen in Time

Owen Beattie, John Geiger

The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Diana Preston

A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole

Diana Preston

Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals by Robert Falcon Scott

Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals

Robert Falcon Scott

Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank A. Worsley

Shackleton's Boat Journey

Frank A. Worsley

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis

The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party

Kelly Tyler-Lewis

Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1914-17 by Richard McElrea, David Harrowfield

Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1914-17

Richard McElrea, David Harrowfield

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen by Stephen R. Bown

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen

Stephen R. Bown