North Pole -- Discovery and exploration
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The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club (originally published 1910; reprinted New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), by Robert E. Peary, contrib. by Theodore Roosevelt and Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)- A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1912), by Matthew Alexander Henson, contrib. by Robert E. Peary and Booker T. Washington
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Filed under: North Pole- The Great White North: The Story of Polar Exploration From the Earliest Times to the Discovery of the Pole (New York: Macmillan, 1910), by Helen S. Wright
- To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1998), by Richard Evelyn Byrd, ed. by Raimund E. Goerler (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)
- Cast Away at the Pole (Adventure Library #144; New York: Street and Smith, c1904), by William Wallace Cook (PDF with commentary at Toronto Public Library)
- The Field of Ice (London and New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1875), by Jules Verne, illust. by Riou (multiple formats at Google)
- The Field of Ice (New York; London: G. Routledge, 1875), by Jules Verne (Gutenberg text)
- The Voyage to the North Pole, As Accomplished by Three Englishmen, With an Account of What They Saw There (Cambridge: W. Metcalfe and Son, 1878), by Daylight
- A Trip to the North Pole: or, The Discovery of the Ten Tribes, As Found in the Arctic Ocean (Salt Lake City: Tribune Print. Co., 1903), by O. J. S. Lindelof (page images at HathiTrust)
- Arqtiq: A Story of the Marvels at the North Pole (1899), by Anna Adolph
- The English at the North Pole: Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras, by Jules Verne (Gutenberg text with map)
- Don Sturdy Across the North Pole: or, Cast Away in the Land of Ice (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Victor Appleton, illust. by Walter S. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Voyage to the North Pole (London: G. Walker; et al., 1817), by Benjamin Bragg (page images at HathiTrust)
- The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club (originally published 1910; reprinted New York: Greenwood Press, 1968), by Robert E. Peary, contrib. by Theodore Roosevelt and Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Cruise of the Corwin, by John Muir (illustrated HTML at Yosemite Web)
- Description of Messrs. Marshall's Grand Peristrephic Panorama of the Polar Regions, Which Displays the North Coast of Spitzbergen, Baffin's Bay, Arctic Highlands, &c., Now Exhibiting in the Masonic Hall, York Street, Bath (Shrewsbury: Printed by W. Eddowes, 1822)
- Life With the Esquimaux: A Narrative of Arctic Experience in Search of Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition (popular edition, with maps; London: S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1865), by Charles Francis Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life With the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry", From the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 (London: S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1864), by Charles Francis Hall
- Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions, Or, The Adventures of Sir John Franklin (New York: G. Cooper, 1859), by John Franklin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Concise Account of Voyages, for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, Undertaken for Finding a New Way to the East-Indies (London: Printed for the Proprietor, 1782), by Richard Pickersgill (page images in Germany)
- In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (2 volumes; London: W. Heinemann, 1911), by Fridtjof Nansen, trans. by Arthur G. Chater
- Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 (Paris: A and W. Calignani, 1836), by George Back and John Richardson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative (new edition; Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856), by Elisha Kent Kane (page images at MOA)
- Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, by Elisha Kent Kane (page images at MOA)
- A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1912), by Matthew Alexander Henson, contrib. by Robert E. Peary and Booker T. Washington
- Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73 (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2016), by Emil Bessels, trans. by William Barr (PDF with commentary at Calgary)
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences at a Reception Given to the Captain and Officers of the Jeannette Search Expedition (San Francisco, 1881), by California Academy of Sciences (page images at LOC)
- The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner "United States", by I. I. Hayes (page images at MOA)
- Narrative of the North Polar Expedition, by United States Navy (page images at MOA)
- Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (London: J. Murray, 1828), by John Franklin and John Richardson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834 and 1835, Under the Command of Capt. Back, R.N (London: R. Bentley, 1836), by Richard King
- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22 (third edition; London: J. Murray, 1824), by John Franklin and John Richardson
- Shipwreck at Cape Flora: The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's Forgotten Arctic Explorer (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2013), by P. J. Capelotti (PDF at University of Calgary)
- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834 and 1835, Under the Command of Capt. Back, R.N (London: R. Bentley, 1836), by Richard King
- The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James, in His Intended Discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea (London: Printed for John Legatt, 1633), by Thomas James (page images in Germany)
- Don Sturdy Across the North Pole: or, Cast Away in the Land of Ice (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Victor Appleton, illust. by Walter S. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- First at the North Pole: or, Two Boys in the Arctic Circle (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1909), by Edward Stratemeyer, illust. by Charles Nuttall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram", 1893-1896, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1897), by Fridtjof Nansen, contrib. by Otto Neumann Sverdrup
- In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (2 volumes; London: W. Heinemann, 1911), by Fridtjof Nansen, trans. by Arthur G. Chater
- Vdol' Poli︠a︡rnykh Okrainʺ Rossīi: Puteshestvīe Nordenshel'da Vokrug Evropy i Azīi v' 1878-1880 g. (in Russian; St. Petersburg: K. Birkenfeld, 1898), by Ė. Granstrem (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- Description of Messrs. Marshall's Grand Peristrephic Panorama of the Polar Regions, Which Displays the North Coast of Spitzbergen, Baffin's Bay, Arctic Highlands, &c., Now Exhibiting in the Masonic Hall, York Street, Bath (Shrewsbury: Printed by W. Eddowes, 1822)
- Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions, Or, The Adventures of Sir John Franklin (New York: G. Cooper, 1859), by John Franklin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Collection of Voyages and Travels, in Three Parts (London: O. Payne, 1741), by Thomas James, Jean-Bernard-Louis Desjean Pointis, and Daniel Coxe (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22 (third edition; London: J. Murray, 1824), by John Franklin and John Richardson
- Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (London: J. Murray, 1828), by John Franklin and John Richardson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 (Paris: A and W. Calignani, 1836), by George Back and John Richardson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834 and 1835, Under the Command of Capt. Back, R.N (London: R. Bentley, 1836), by Richard King
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences at a Reception Given to the Captain and Officers of the Jeannette Search Expedition (San Francisco, 1881), by California Academy of Sciences (page images at LOC)
- Heroes of the Dark Continent, by James W. Buel (illustrated HTML with commentary at erbzine.com)
- The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805, Together With Other Documents, Official And Private, Relating To The Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park, by Mungo Park, ed. by J. Whishaw (Gutenberg text)
- Life and Travels of Mungo Park, With a Full Narrative of Subsequent Adventure in Central Africa (Thomas Nelson edition (Edinburgh), mid-1800s), by Mungo Park, ed. by Andrew R. Bonar (Gutenberg text)
- Negroland, or, Light Thrown Upon The Dark Continent: The History of African Exploration and Adventure as Given in the Leading Authorities From Herodotus to the Latest Explorers, Including Livingston, Speke, Baker, Stanley, Johnston, and Others (New York: Hurst and Co., c1881), by Charles H. Jones and H. L. Williams
- Travels in the Interior of Africa (Cassell edition, late 1800s; omits some material in original 1799 edition), by Mungo Park, ed. by Henry Morley
- The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results: Being the Narrative of the Discovery by Sea, Within One Century, of More Than Half the World (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1877), by Richard Henry Major (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ostafrikanische Studien (in French; Schaffhausen: F. Hurter, 1864), by Werner Munzinger
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