The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

29 -- Set In The Arctic Or Antarctic

According to National Geographic, the Arctic is defined as “…the northernmost region of Earth. Most scientists define the Arctic as the area within the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude about 66.5° north of the Equator. Within this circle are the Arctic Ocean basin and the northern parts of Scandinavia, Russia, Canada, Greenland and the U.S. state of Alaska.”

In contrast, the Antarctic is opposite to the Arctic. National Geographic says, “The continent of Antarctica makes up most of the Antarctic region. The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere… The Antarctic also includes island territories within the Antarctic Convergence.”

For this prompt, we’re looking for books set either in the Arctic or the Antarctic (Antarctica). This may be on ice, land, or in the surrounding waters. Books should be either partially or fully set within these regions. As always, this may be fiction or non-fiction, and may be set in parallel or alternate universes.



Here is our Goodreads List for this prompt

Kings Bay-saken by Monica Kristensen


The Worst Journey in the World (Illustrated Edition): Memoirs: The 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition
Aspley Cherry-Garrard


Helge Ingstad - - -

How the Penguins Saved Veronica

Frankstein

On my TBR:
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
The Ice Child by Elizabeth McGregor (Arctic)

Books I've read and recommend:
Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe" (15) by Peggy Caravantes