Non-fiction: John C. Behrendt: Innocents on the Ice (University Press of Colorado, 1998)
Finally a proper Antarctica book! The last two have been a bit peripheral on the subject, but this one tackles it straight on. It is the story of the Finn Ronne expedition of 1957, seen through the eyes of one of the scientists [...]

Non-fiction: Jenny Diski: Skating to Antarctica (Granta Books, 1997)
There’s two distinct trends in the titles of books about Antarctica. One is featured in the title of Diski’s book, the X to Antarctica. Another example of this is a swimming biography called Swimming to Antarctica. The other big trend is X on Ice (examples: Vodka on [...]