Women’s History Month continues with a string of bizarre weather changes culminating in Saturday’s big snow dump just in time for the Iditarod. If you’re feeling in the snowy mood, take a look at some of these books about women living and working in the Arctic and Antarctic while you cozy on up with a blanket.
The Storywriters’ Club: The Picture-Writing Women of the Arctic by Loretta Outwater Cox
Alone in Antarctica: The First Woman to Ski Solo Across The Southern Ice by Felicity Aston
Ordinary Women: An Arctic Adventure by Sue Carter
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Women on the Ice : A History of Women in the Far South by Elizabeth Chipman
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven
The New Explorers: Women in Antarctica: Barbara Land
No Horizon is so Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica by Liv Arnesen