Arctic Labyrinth
by Glyn Williams | 
The Man Who Ate His Boots
by Anthony Brandt | 
Across the Top of the World
by James P. Delgado |
Barrow's Boys
by Fergus Fleming |
Ghosts of Cape Sabine
by Leonard F. Guttridge |
Frozen in Time
by Owen Beattie |
The Arctic Grail
by Pierre Berton |
Ordeal by Ice
by Farley Mowat |
The Ice Master
by Jennifer Niven |
Unknown Shore
by Robert Ruby | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson |
Pathfinders
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto | 
Six Frigates
by Ian W. Toll |
102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer | 
The History of Jihad
by Robert Spencer | 
Five Days at Memorial
by Sheri Fink |
The Oregon Trail
by Rinker Buck | 
The History of Surfing
by Matt Warshaw |
The eighteenth century--the Age of Reason--was characterized by determined attempts by philosophers, scientists, and political theorists to dispel myth, superstition, and ignorance. But the Age of Reason also witnessed some of the most irrational and vainglorious attempts by sailors and speculators to find a navigable Northwest Passage that would lead through the icy seas of the Arctic from Hudson Bay to the wealth of the Pacific Ocean. Lured by the promise of fame and riches, men endured paralyzing cold, malnutrition, and terrifying storms. Many lives and fortunes were lost in the quest for the elusive "maritime philosopher's stone."