The Antarctic Circle is a non-commercial forum and
resource on historical, literary, bibliographical, artistic and
cultural aspects of Antarctica and the South Polar regions. The breadth
and quantity of its content expands periodically.
The Antarctic Circle itself—as distinct from this
website—is an informal international group of scholars and
knowledgeable amateurs interested or involved in non-scientific
Antarctic studies.
The Antarctic Circle has benefited from much useful information passed on for inclusion by many people over the years.
Inclusion in The Antarctic Circle of appropriate
material from persons active in the above areas is welcomed. For more
information please contact the coordinator:
Robert B. Stephenson, P.O. Box 435, Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452, USA. E-mail: antarctic-circle@comcast.net
Accessed at least 
since 2 October 1996.
NOW IN IT'S 12th YEAR!
Last updated: 11 May 2008.
SITE MAP
Have a look at some unusual penguins.
Current & Upcoming Antarctic Events.
[Last Updated: 28 April 2008]
• 'Wondrous Cold' in Springfield • James Caird Society spring members' Evening • Scott & Amundsen at the Drum in Plymouth • SPRI lectures and Friends Summer Lunch • Celebrating Scott's 140th birthday • Imagining Antarctica (in Christchurch and Hobart) 2008 and 2010. • 8th Annual Athy Shackleton Autumn School • Friends of SPRI AGM.
ARCHIVES OF PAST EVENTS:
Past Antarctic Events - 2007 and 2008.
Past Antarctic Events - 2005 and 2006.
Past Antarctic Events - 2002 through 2004.
Past Antarctic Events - 2001 or Earlier.
Antarctic Book Notes. [Last Updated: 23 March 2008] Recently issued Antarctic titles:
• Lisle Rose's life of Byrd
• Barczewski's 'Antarctic Destinies'
• Nimrod, a new journal from Athy
• Two volumes on the Royal Navy and polar exploration
• Forster's 'Cook, The Discoverer' first appearance in English
• Meredith Cooper's 'Ferocious Summer'
• Lady Shackleton/H.R. Mill correspondence now out
• Stuart Paine's (BAEII) Antarctic diaries edited by his daughter
• Representations of Antarctica-A Bibliography • Thorough
treatment of 'Deep Freeze' and the 'IGY' • Michael Smith's bio of
the bi-polar Crozier • And another Crean book from Michael Smith
• Long-awaited translation of Bomann-Larsen's Amundsen bio •
Mike Tarver's Terra Nova • Two excellent 'Visitor's
Guide,' one to South Georgia and one to the Falklands • Max Jones'
unexpurgated Scott's Last Expedition • Grolier Club's 'Books on
Ice' catalogue • Crane's treatment of Scott • A Bickerton
biography
About Antarctic Encyclopedias—More Than You Will Ever Want or Need to Know.
Antarctic Books Due and Works-in-Progress.
[Last Updated: 22 April 2008] • Coffee-table book featuring the Transantarctic Mountains • History of the South American Sector of Antarctica • Haddelsey on Stenhouse • Another Nimrod book • Scott's own photographs
Antarctic Auctions.
[Last Updated: 16 March 2008] • Polar books at Swann • Lots of Antarctic books at Dawson & Nye in New Jersey RESULTS • Shackleton photo at Bloomsbury, London RESULTS • Discovery napkin ring at Onslows 27 November 2007 • Ponting photo at Swann 15 October 2007 RESULTS • Christie's Polar Sale, 26 September 2007 RESULTS • PBA Galleries Natural History - Travel & Exploration - Sporting - Maps & Atlases Sale, 9 August 2007 RESULTS • Bonhams, 26 June 2007 RESULTS • John Levinson Sale at Swann, 24 May 2007 RESULTS • PBA
Galleries Travel & Exploration Sale, 10 May 2007 RESULTS •
Frank R. Streeter Library at Christie's, 17 & 18 April, 2007
RESULTS • PBA Galleries Travel & Exploration Sale, 25 January
2007 RESULTS • The Antarctic Library of Raymond J. Adie, 26
October 2006 RESULTS • Christie's Polar Sale, 27 September 2006
RESULTS • Byrd parka. 25 May 2006 • Aurora Australis
up on 21 March 2006. GOES FOR £53,000 • Christie's Polar
Sale, 27 September 2006 RESULTS • Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 9
November 2005 RESULTS • Christie's Exploration & Travel with
the Polar Sale, 21 September 2005 RESULTS
Antarctic Queries. [Last
updated: 9 January 2005] • A Query and a Puzzle. Requests
concerning • Frank Bickerton (AAE) • Scott, J.M. Barrie and
'Polly' • author J. Gordon Hayes
Antiquarian Booksellers specializing in Antarcticana. [Last Updated: 21 April 2008]
Some Rare Antarctic Books [Last Updated: 16 December 2007] • The Blizzard • Aurora Australis • South Polar Times.
Antarctic Collections.
[Last Updated: 29 December 2007] • SPRI's 'Freeze Frame' project • New acquisitions by Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery • Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program • Waite Collection at Peabody Essex Museum. • SPRI's archives going on 'Archives Hub.'
Antarctic Maps. [Last Updated: 23 December 2007] • Extensive update. New information on US and UK maps and charts of Antarctica • New BAS map.
Antarctic Websites. [Last Updated: 13 April 2008] • Many Antarctic titles on Google Book Search.
Antarctic Organizations. [Last Updated: 26 November 2007]
Antarctic Odds & Ends.
[Last Updated: 29 December 2007] • Blackboard penguins found at SPRI • Scott-era diary found •
SPRI Appeal • Sir Hubert Wilkins' birthplace restored • A new
journal from the James Caird Society.
Antarctic Obituaries. [Last Updated: 28 March 2008] • Including indexes to obituaries in the Polar Record and Geographical Journal.
• Sir Edmund Hillary 11 January 2008 • Sir Wally Herbert 12 June 2007 • Peter Jensen Skellerup 15 May 2006 • John Arnfield Heap 8
March 2006 • Norman Vaughan 23 December 2005 • William Mills
8 May 2004 • Duncan Carse 2 May 2004 • Lady Virginia
Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 20 February 2004 • Captain Leonard Hill
2 September 2003 • A.G.E. Jones 2002 • Charlie Burton 16 July
2002 • George W. Gibbs 7 November 2001 • Harding Dunnett 22
April 2000 • Commander Sir Jameson Adams 30 April 1962
Antarctic Art. [Last Updated:
26 November 2007] • Duncan Carse bust appeal • First Antarctica painting • Mrs Chippy returns! • Scott statue unveiled in Cardiff • 1903 Article by Frank Wilbert Stokes • Operation Deepfreeze I on-line exhibition.
Antarctic Image Chronology [Last Updated: 17 July 2007] Prepared by William L. Fox.
Antarctic Photography and Film [Last Updated: 4 May 2008] Photography Comes to the Polar Regions—Almost, by Glenn M. Stein, FRGS.
Antarctic Music. [Last
Updated: 14 January 2007] • Video and music from iLIKETRAiNS
• Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Folcault in Paris, 1961)
• Two songs from Billy-Ace • A Shackleton song • Music
commemorating Bruce and the Scotia. • A Scott song. • 'Songs
of the Morning' CD.
Antarctica Experienced Through Music; Capsule Comments on CDs about Antarctica. [Last Updated: 5 January 2008] Prepared by Valmar Kurol.
Antarctic Theatre. [Last Updated: 23 March 2008] • The Last South tours Britain 9 April - 24 May 2008.
Antarctic Poetry. [Last Updated: 2 September 2003] • A Shirase waka.
Antarctic Trade Cards. [Last Updated: 29 March 2008]. This combines Series 1, 2 and 3.
Antarctic Calendar.
[Last Updated: 12 September 2005] A listing of Antarctic events--some
important, some less so, some interesting or entertaining--with entries
for many days of the year.
Antarctic Ships. [Last
Updated: 13 April 2008] Ships that loom large (and small) in the history
of Antarctic exploration. • Some new entries from Jennifer Stringer • Richard Paul Smyers on the Wyatt Earp and the Schwabenland • Some interesting details on the Bear • Some additions from Charles Lagerbom • Info on the Uruguay from Michael Rosove
Antarctic Aviation. [Last Updated: 9 December 2006]
Antarctic Pets. [Last Updated: 30 March 2004]
Antarctic Nicknames. [Last Updated: 24 Mach 2008]
Antarctic Quotes. [Last Updated: 23 January 2005]
Antarctic Firsts. [Last Updated: 13 December 2007]
Summary of Antarctic Voyages and Expeditions. [Last Updated: 28 December 2006] Prepared by Michael Rosove.
Chronologies & Timelines of Antarctic Exploration.
[Last Updated: 16 April 2007] • An Historical Timeline of
Antarctic Exploration • A Concise Chronology of Approach to the
Poles • Timelines for Ernest Shackleton, Robert F. Scott and Roald
Amundsen.
Antarctic Historic Sites. [Last Updated: 1 April 2007]
A Low-Latitude Antarctic Gazetteer. [Last Updated: 11 May 2008] A descriptive listing of sites of Antarctic interest outside of the Antarctic, places that have some association with the exploration of the South Polar Regions. Prepared by Robert Stephenson. MAJOR RE-ARRANGEMENT UNDERWAY. JUST ADDED: A Google map locating sites (so far only for southwest England; more later).
Tekeli-li. [Last Updated: 16 February 2008] Fauno Cordes'
annotated bibliography of Antarctic fiction. Hundreds of works of
fiction—1605 to the present—that have an Antarctic setting or
connection of one sort or another. Extensive and useful introduction.
Endurance Family Members. [Last Updated: 15 July 2007] Richard Brodeur's 'work in progress' tracing descendants of Shackleton's 'Endurance' expedition.
$100 Contest. [Last Updated: 16 March 2008]
The following sections are in preparation or at least being thought about:
Antarctic Food and Drink
Tobacco References
Antarctic Sledge Flags
Shackleton's Aurora Australis.