Book Reviews

The Newsletter has always been a great source of information on publications related to Antarctica. Here you will find a listing of each and every one that appeared over the years. To go directly to a specific review, click on the link under the "References" column.

Thanks to John Splettstoesser for contributing this information.

Title	Last Name	First Name	Reviewer	Reference
A Narrative of the Four Voyages to the South Sea	Morell	Benjamin	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
A Pole Apart: The Emerging Issue of Antarctica	Quigg	Philip	W.Guy Guthridge	Vol. 82-83 January No. 3
A Walk to the Pole	Mear, Swan	Roger, Robert	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
Adequate Earth	Finkel	Donald	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 75-76 May No. 4
Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948	Bertrand	Kenneth	Henry Dater	Vol. 72-73 January No. 5
An Alien in Antarctica	Swithinbank	Charles	Steve Dibbern, John Splettstoesser	Vol. 97-98 October No. 1
Antarctic Bibliography 1951-1961	Library of Congress		Henry Dater	Vol. 72-73 January No. 5
Antarctic Comrades	Dewart	Gil	Garry Mckenzie	Vol. 90-91 October No. 1
Antarctic Science	British Antarctic Survey		Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 September No. 1
Antarctic Splendor	Todd	Frank	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 94-95 November No. 2
Antarctica	Reader’s Digest		Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 85-86 April No. 5
Antarctica	Chester	Jonathan	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
Antarctica	Keough, Pat	Rosemarie, Charles	Swithinbank	Vol. 01-02 January No. 2
Antarctica and the Arctic	McGonigal,Woodworth	David,Lynn	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 01-02 January No. 2
Antarctica: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit	Rubin	Jeff	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 96-97 May No. 4
Antarctica, 1772 – 1922; Freestanding publications through 1999	Rosove	Michael	H.Charles Lagerbom	Vol. 02-03 August No. 1
Antarctica: A Year at the Bottom of the World	Mastro	Jim	Kristin Larson, Steve Dibbern	Vol. 02-03 April No. 5
Antarctica: Authentic Accounts of Life and Exploration in the World’s Highest, Driest, Windiest, Coldest, and Most Remote Continent	Neider	Charles	Henry Dater	Vol. 72-73 January No. 5
Astronomy on Ice: Observing the Universe from the South Pole	Pomerantz	Martin	A.John Splettstoesser	Vol. 04-05 February No. 4
Beyond the Barrier	Rodgers	Eugene	Dalrymple Dibbern	Vol. 90-91 October No. 1
Big Dead Place	Johnson	Nicholas	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 05-06 September No. 1
Birding Around the World: A Guide to Observing Birds Everywhere you Travel	Lotz	Aileen	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
Birds Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic & Falkland Islands	Todd	Frank	S.John Splettstoesser	Vol. 04-05 May No. 5
Climate Crash	Cox	John	D.Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 06-07 May No. 5
Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctic Science	Belanger	Dian	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 06-07 November No. 3
Distribution and Abundance of Antarctic and Subantarctic Penguins	SCAR		John Splettstoesser	Vol. 93-94 November No. 3
Dogs and Men	Kevin ,Rick	Walton, Atkinson	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 97-98 November No. 2
Edge of the World	Neider	Charles	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 75-76 November No. 1
Elephant Island: An Antarctic Expedition	Furse	John	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 80-81 October No. 3
Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. 2 Volumes	Mills	William	Charles Lagerbom	Vol. 06-07 February No. 4
Foothold on Antarctica: The First International Expedition (1949-1952)	Swithinbank	Charles	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 99-00 December No. 3
Forty Years on Ice: A Lifetime of Exploration and Research in the Polar Regions	Swithinbank	Charles	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 97-98 April No. 4
Herbert Ponting Photographs	Russ Anderson Fine Arts		Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 May No. 6
Historic Huts of the Ross Sea	Antarctic Heritage Trust		John Splettstoesser	Vol. 04-05 December No. 3
Huskies in Harness	Robinson (ed.)	Shelagh	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 97-98 November No. 2
Ice on my Palette	Conly, Maruice	Peat ,Neville	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 76-77 June No. 5
Improbable Eden: The Dry Valleys of Antarctica	Green, Potton	Bill, Craig	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 04-05 July No. 1
Innocents on Ice: A Memoir of Antarctic Exploration	Behrendt	John	Steve Dibbern, Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 98-99 May No. 3
Is there really global warming?	Special issue of Science: 24 March 2006		John Splettstoesser	Vol. 05-06 May No. 4
Journey to the Ice Age	Dewart	Gil	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 04-05 July No. 1
Laboratory at the Bottom of the World	Briggs	P.	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
Life on the Ice	Smith	Raff	Grace Machemer	Vol. 05-06 February No. 3
Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica	William,Faure	Cassidy,Gaunter		Vol. 03-04 January No. 4
Moments of Terror: The Story of Antarctic Aviation	Burke	David	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 May No. 6
My Season With Penguins – An Antarctic Journal	Webb	Sophie	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 00-01 March No. 3
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition	Wilkes	Charles	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
New Zealand and the Antarctic	Quartermain	L. B.	Henry Dater	Vol. 71-72 January No. 4
Northern Light	Bjelke, ShapiroRolf	Deborah	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
Overflight	Neider	Charles	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
Penguins	Ostling, Akesson	Brutus, Susanne	Grace Machemer	Vol. 06-07 May No. 5
Peter Scott, Painter and Naturalist	Huxley	Elspeth	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 May No. 6
Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party (1914-17) of Sir Ernest Shackleton	McElrea, Harrowfield	Richard, David	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 04-05 October No. 2
Polar Deserts and Modern Man	Smiley, Zumberge	Terah, James H.	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 75-76 November No. 1
Polar Operations	MacDonald	E. A.	Henry Dater	Vol. 69-70 October No. 2
Polar Science and the IGY	Special Issue of Science: Vol. 315, 16 March 2007		John Splettstoesser	Vol. 06-07 May No. 5
Polar Secrets, A Treasure of the Arctic and Antarctic	Manley, Lewis	Scon, Gogo	Henry Dater	Vol. 69-70 October No. 2
Poles Apart	Balchen	Bess	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 04-05 December No. 3
Research in the Antarctic	Quam, Porter (ed.)	L. O., H. D.	Henry Dater	Vol. 72-73 January No. 5
Safe Passage Questioned: Medical Care & Safety for the Polar Tourist	Levinson	GerJohn	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 97-98 April No. 4
Scott’s Last Voyage, Through the Antarctic Camera of Herbert Ponting	Savours (ed.)	Ann	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 75-76 November No. 1
Seventh Continent: Antarctica in a Resource Age	Shapley	Deborah	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 85-86 March No. 4
Seventh Continent: Antarctica in a Resource Age	Shapley	Deborah	Hugh DeWitt	Vol. 86-87 February No. 4
Shackleton	Huntford	Roland	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 85-86 March No. 4
Shackleton’s Forgotten Expedition	Riffenburgh	Beau	Tim Baughman	Vol. 04-05 December No. 3
Silas: The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles S. Wright	Bull, Wright	Colin, Pat F.	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 November No. 3
Smilla’s Sense of Snow	Hoeg	Peter	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 May No. 6
South: Man and Nature in Antarctica	Billing Mannering	Graham, Guy	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
The Abominable Snow-Women	Braxton	Dorothy	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
The Adelie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change	Ainley	David	Bill Sladen	Vol. 04-05 October No. 2
The Adventures of Nat Palmer..Antarctic Explorer, Clipper Ship Pioneer	Silverberg	Robert	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
The Antarctic	King	H.G.R.	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter>	Friis (ed.)	Herman	Ken Bertrand	Vol. 76-77 March No. 3
The Birthday Boys	Bainbridge	Beryl	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 93-94 May No. 6
The Coldest March: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition	Solomon,Susan	Murray Hamlet	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 01-02 November No. 1
The Coldest Place on Earth	Thomson	R. B	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica	Campbell	David C.	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 92-93 April No. 6
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Alexander	Caroline	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 98-99 May No. 3
The Explorations of Antarctica	Fogg	Smith	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 90-91 November No. 2
The First Antarctic Winter	Crawford	Janet	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 99-00 August No. 1
The Frigid Mistress	Doumani	George	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 99-00 August No. 1
The Geography of Antarctica	Markov	K. K.	Henry Dater	Vol. 71-72 January No. 4
The Hole in the Sky	Gribbin	John	John Lynch	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica	Pyne	Stephen J.	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 86-87 March No. 5
The Icemen	Morris	Marion E.	Walt Seelig	Vol. 88-89 September No. 1
The Last Continent: Discovering Antarctica	Stonehouse	Bernard	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 00-01 October No. 1
The Last Explorer, Hubert Wilkins	Nasht	Simon	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 06-07 November No. 3
The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott’s Antarctic Sacrifice	Jones	Max	Tim Baughman	Vol. 04-05 July No. 1
The Magic of Antarctic Colors; David Abbey Paige (1901-1978) Artist of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935	Krause, Scholl	Reinhard A., Lars U.	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 04-05 May No. 5
The Ninth Circle: A Review of Life and Death in Antarctica	Behrendt	John	Rob Flint	Vol. 04-05 May No. 5
The Penguin Principles	Belasic, Schmidt	David S., Paul M.	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 87-88 May No. 6
The Penguins are Coming	Penney	Richard L.	Henry Dater	Vol. 71-72 January No. 4
The Quiet Land . The Antarctic Diaries of Frank Debenham	Back (ed.)		June Debenham,Steve Dibbern	Vol. 00-01 March No. 3
The shore whaling stations at South Georgia: A study in Antarctic industrial Archeology, 2004	Basberg	Bjorn L.	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 05-06 November No. 2
The White Desert: The Official Account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition	Giaever	John	Henry Dater	Vol. 69-70 October No. 2
The Will and the Way of John Riddoch	Rymill	Bechervaise	John Millard	Vol. 95-96 April No. 6
This is Antarctica	Dukert	J. M.	Henry Dater	Vol. 72-73 January No. 5
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Activities in the Exploration of Antarctica:1946-2006 Cachets.	Meunier	Tony	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 06-07 May No. 5
Under Antarctic Ice	Wu	Norbert	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 04-05 October No. 2
Under Scott’s Command: Lashley’s Antarctic Diaries	Ellis	CDR A. R.	Henry Dater	Vol. 70-71 February No. 3
View from the Summit	Hillary	Sir Edmund	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 99-00 May No. 4
Vodka on Ice: A Year With the Russians in Antarctica	Swithinbank	Charles	John Splettstoesser	Vol. 01-02 June No. 4
Wild Ice	Naveen, Monteath, Roy	JonesRo, Colin, Tui de, Jones	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 90-91 October No. 1
With Byrd at the Bottom of the World	Vaughn, Murphy	Norman D., Cecil B.	Paul Dalrymple	Vol. 90-91 November No. 2
With Scott The Silver Lining	Taylor	Griffith	Steve Dibbern	Vol. 00-01 March No. 3
Women on the Ice: A History of Women In the Far South	Chipman	Elizabeth	Mildred Crary	Vol. 88-89 April No. 4
Worst Journey in the World, Antarctica, 1910-1913	Garrard	Apsley	Mildred Crary	Vol. 90-91 December No. 2