Voyages of Delusion
by Glyn Williams | 
The Man Who Ate His Boots
by Anthony Brandt |
Ghosts of Cape Sabine
by Leonard F. Guttridge |
The Arctic Grail
by Pierre Berton |
Barrow's Boys
by Fergus Fleming |
Frozen in Time
by Owen Beattie |
The Ice Master
by Jennifer Niven |
Unknown Shore
by Robert Ruby |
Ninety Degrees North
by Fergus Fleming |
Icebound
by Leonard F. Guttridge |
Fatal Passage
by Ken McGoogan |
Ordeal by Ice
by Farley Mowat | 
In the Kingdom of Ice
by Hampton Sides | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
Farthest North
by Fridtjof Nansen |
Karluk
by William Laird McKinlay | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson | 
Six Frigates
by Ian W. Toll |
102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer |
Across the Top of the World is a vivid retelling of one of the most enduring quests in the history of exploration and discovery--the NorthwestPassage. It covers the earliest endeavors in the sixteenth century, the many ill-fated expeditions that followed, the successful crossing in 1905,and the scientific work conducted in the Northwest Passage today. The bookis beautifully illustrated and gives readers a true sense of the harsh realities of the landscapes and seascapes traversed. Among the books many highlights are the use of explorers' published accounts, the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in 1845-1847, historic and contemporary color photographs of significant artifacts, and contemporary images of the Northwest Passage from the air, land, and water.