Book description
The dazzling landscape central to this multifaceted tale of adventure and aspiration is the white Antarctic vastness known as the Ice. The story told is of an expedition to the South Pole, led by a young, ardent American woman, Morgan Lamont - an expedition inspired and haunted by the tragic…
Why read it?
1 author picked Antarctic Navigation as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This long (my copy is nearly 800 pages) and gripping adventure story obsessed me for a while, and I read it multiple times. I knew it was fiction, but I got so caught up in the characters, the story, and the location that it felt intensely real to me.
The narrator is a woman called Morgan Lamont, who is recreating Scott’s expedition, hauling a sled to the South Pole, and she’s still one of my all-time favorite fictional heroines.
From Rebecca's list on The best Antarctic travel, science, and climate narratives written by women.
If you love Antarctic Navigation...
December on 5C4
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Want books like Antarctic Navigation?
Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Antarctic Navigation.
Share your top 3 reads of 2026!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
165
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like Antarctic Navigation, you might also like...
The Tao of Poison
A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.
The polyandrous Yan family in China's rural Shaanxi Province takes in two carpenter brothers. When one brother is convicted of murder after killing their neighbor in a dispute, a constable threatens to expose the family's rumored polyandry and extorts…
Big Ideas... For Small Businesses
Big Ideas… for Small Businesses is a straight-talking, no-nonsense guide to growing a small business without sacrificing your lifestyle. Written by a former civil servant turned entrepreneur, the book challenges hustle culture and instead champions the idea of an "ambitious lifestyle business" - one that provides freedom and financial stability,…
