 | Antarctica: The Blue Continent by David McGonigal
Buy used from: $81.19 Great overall introduction. Lots of beautiful pictures too!
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 | Life on the Ice: No One Goes to Antarctica Alone by Roff Smith
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.89 Fine writing; excellent observations on US Antarctic Program
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 | Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.32 Equally as good as Roff Smith's book. Great feel for what it is like living there.
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 | Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica by Nicholas Johnson
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.56 Interesting book to read. Good lay-persons feel for life at McMurdo. I did get tired of this disgruntled support worker's whining after a while though.
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 | On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (World As Home, The) by Gretchen Legler
Buy new: $14.35 / Used from: $4.29 Simply AWFUL!
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 | Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, 4th (Bradt Guides) by Tony Soper
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $14.94 Good Reference
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 | Antarctica Travel Map by ITMB Publishing Ltd
Buy used from: $46.13 Not as nice as expected. Can get just as good or better stuff for free off the web
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 | Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance by Mariana Gosnell
Buy new: $22.80 / Used from: $2.72 Well written book on all aspects of ice with much relevance to Antarctica
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 | Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $5.00 Excellent book about an amazing survival story
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 | Antarctica (Country Guide) by Jeff Rubin
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $8.84 Wasn't sure it would cover McMurdo but it does and has good info. The other areas covered are very good as well.
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