Books like Westviking by Farley Mowat

A Cree boy and a Canadian orphan embark on a perilous Arctic adventure that tests their courage and friendship.

A young reader’s guide to wildlife and Arctic life, centered on wolves and their interactions with humans.

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s first‑hand diary of the 1914‑17 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition, detailing the Endurance’s crushing by ice, the crew’s nine‑month ordeal on drifting ice, and their daring survival against the polar wilderness.

Barry Holstun Lopez: “Arctic Dreams; Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape” ( 1986) This is an account of the author's exploration of the Western Arctic region, between Bering Strait and Davis Strait. It is an account both of the natural history of the Arctic, and equally of how the Arctic grips the human spirit and imagination. The chapters are rich in their descriptions of the Arctic –of the physical land itself, the native peoples that the author met, the Arctic animals and plants, both terrestrial and aquatic, the ice and the Arctic light that make the region so distinctly different from the temperate and tropical parts of Earth. But Lopez also gives us a sense of how the Arctic fascinates the mind and spirit – through his own personal experiences and through the history of the Arctic - both of the native peoples and the discovery expeditions.

Major Frank Paddock and exiled officer Barnes Kilrone confront survival and loyalty in the harsh American West, as they protect a frontier post from a Bannock war party.

"Mowat advances a controversial new theory that another Indo-European people he calls the "Alban" preceded the Norse by several centuries. Throughout The Farfarers, Mowat skillfully weaves fictional vignettes of Alban life into his thoughtful reconstruction of a forgotten history."--Back cover.

Includes translations, by the author, of the more important early documents.

North of Normal tells the true story of a former model who, after growing up in a dysfunctional family on the edge of civilization, leaves suburban California for the forests of Canada to rebuild her life on her own terms.

A thrilling adventure in the South Seas, HMS Expedient follows the brave journey of Captain William Rennie and Lieutenant James Hayter on their mission to explore undiscovered lands and potentially uncover a long-lost British discovery.

Roland Huntford’s compelling dual biography chronicles the fierce South Pole race between Britain’s Scott and Norway’s Amundsen, revealing ambition, rivalry and the harsh realities of polar exploration.