EMPIRE OF ICE (SCOTT / SHACKLETON) (YALE) (PB)

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, this is a riveting account of the great expeditions of Antarctica's Heroic Age that restores their status as grand scientific enterprises., presenting a fascinating take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context.