Free Public Domain PDF e-books about adventurers, explorers, sailors and mountaineers from all over the world – and exciting novels of adventure. Be inspired and learn how the world was discovered.
Journey to Iceland with the subtitle – And Travels in Sweden and Norway was published in English in 1852. The Author is the amazing female explorer Ida Laura Pfeiffer, born in Austria. She was maybe the first female explorer and … Read more and download PDF
“Adventure is just bad planning!” Captain Roald Amundsen did not fool around, but based his conquest of the South Pole on defining an elegant and simple plan – and sticking with it. On December 14. 1911, the efforts were rewarded, … Read more and download PDF
Men have tried to cross Greenland since the Middle Ages. But the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen finally succeeded in 1888 by traversing the island on cross-country skis. This book is one of the best stories about polar exploration, and it is beautifully … Read more and download PDF
Sometimes, reading about adventures won’t do the trick. We need to get out there. These two books will give you a basic understanding of survival on both the practical and psychological level. Arctic Survival and Jungle Survival is a compilation … Read more and download PDF
THE VOYAGES OF THE NORSEMEN TO AMERICA is an impressive historical presentation of the travels by the Vikings to America. The book was written by the dane William Hovgaard and published in English in 1914. His aim was to collect … Read more and download PDF
The North West Passage by Roald Amundsen is the well written and sometimes dramatic story about the “Gjöa Expedition”, led by Amundsen himself during the years 1903-1907. This fine work was published after his successful return and it is richly illustrated with … Read more and download PDF
The People of the Polar North is a work by the Danish adventurer Knud Rasmussen. He was born 7 June 1879 in Ilulissat in Greenland and explored huge parts of the Arctic by dog sledge. Rasmussen is most known for his … Read more and download PDF
Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by Frederick Whymper is the accounts of travels to the Arctic America, at that time known as Russian America, in the middle of the 1800′. The book was published in 1868 and … Read more and download PDF
The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, is an account originally published in 1897 of an journey of exploration and survey to the Arctic. The author Sir William Martin Conway describes several mountain ascents, boat expeditions in the ice fjord, voyages … Read more and download PDF