The author relates his experiences as part of the team that set out from England in 1910 under the leadership of Robert Falcon Scott to explore the Antarctic and attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.

For over a year, ocean-going vessels have reported running into a floating island or a submerged naval wreck, or being rammed by a giant whale. Pierre Aronnax, assistant professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, develops a theory to explain these confusing sightings; he believes that a huge narwhal is bedeviling these ships. After the Scotia, a Cunard Lines passenger ship, again encounters this "creature," the United States equips a speedy...

Journal entries, letters, diaries, and other documentary material help reconstruct the experiences of the twenty-five men who attempted to establish a scientific base in the Arctic region of Lady Franklin Bay in July of 1881.

Discusses the possibility that America was discovered by someone other than Columbus.

"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...

Presents a shortened version of the journal kept by Charles Darwin while on an 1831 voyage to chart the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, in which he recorded his observations about geology, natural history, and other topics.

This is the remarkable account of the survival of the men of the ship Endurance, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, as they abandoned their ship which was trapped in the ice of Antarctica. A smaller portion of the crew then braved the most treacherous seas on the planet to navigate a reinforced life boat to South Georgia Island, to organize a rescue of the remaining crew on Antarctica. One of the greatest survival stories of all time.

Examines scientists' quest to send a spacecraft to Pluto, which would be an important advancement in exploring space.