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What to read after Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie: 24 titles sharing themes of Polar Regions, Essays & Travelogues, Essays, and Nature, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

North Adventures in the Frozen Wild — Nicolas Vanier

North Adventures in the Frozen Wild

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Essays

Arctic Dreams National Book Award Winner — Barry Lopez

Arctic Dreams National Book Award Winner

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Essays

Journals Captain Scott’s Last Expedition — Robert Falcon Scott

Journals Captain Scott’s Last Expedition

Robert Falcon Scott

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Essays

Shadows on the Wasteland — Mike Stroud

Shadows on the Wasteland

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Aurora In Search of the Northern Lights — Melanie Windridge

Aurora In Search of the Northern Lights

Melanie Windridge

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Terra Incognita Travels in Antarctica — Sara Wheeler

Terra Incognita Travels in Antarctica

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Kings of the Yukon An Alaskan River Journey — Adam Weymouth

Kings of the Yukon An Alaskan River Journey

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Tuning the Rig A Journey to the Arctic — Harvey Oxenhorn

Tuning the Rig A Journey to the Arctic

Harvey Oxenhorn

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Last Places A Journey in the North — Lawrence Millman

Last Places A Journey in the North

Lawrence Millman

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Empire Antarctica Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins — Gavin Francis

Empire Antarctica Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Ice! — Tristan Jones

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Arctic Son Fulfilling the Dream — Jean Aspen

Arctic Son Fulfilling the Dream

Themes: Polar Regions • Essays & Travelogues • Nature

Coming Into the Country — John McPhee

Coming Into the Country

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail — Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Songs Of The Wilderness Being A Collection Of Poems, Written In Some Different Parts Of The Territory Of The Hudson’s Bay Company (1846) — George Jehoshaphat Mountain

Songs Of The Wilderness Being A Collection Of Poems, Written In Some Different Parts Of The Territory Of The Hudson’s Bay Company (1846)

George Jehoshaphat Mountain

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 — Tim Folger

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Travels of William Bartram — William Bartram

Travels of William Bartram

William Bartram

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 — David Quammen

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Charles Darwin’s Beagle Diary (1831-1836) — Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin’s Beagle Diary (1831-1836)

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Icebound On Kolguev A Chapter In The Exploration Of Arctic Europe, To Which Is Added A Record Of The Natural History Of The Island (1895) — Aubyn Trevor-Battye

Icebound On Kolguev A Chapter In The Exploration Of Arctic Europe, To Which Is Added A Record Of The Natural History Of The Island (1895)

Aubyn Trevor-Battye

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Atoms of Delight Ten Pilgrimages in Nature — Kenneth Steven

Atoms of Delight Ten Pilgrimages in Nature

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Things I Learned from Falling A Memoir — Claire Nelson

Things I Learned from Falling A Memoir

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

Doubling Back Paths Trodden in Memory — Linda Cracknell

Doubling Back Paths Trodden in Memory

Linda Cracknell

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

One Man’s Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition An Alaskan Odyssey — Richard Louis Proenneke

One Man’s Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition An Alaskan Odyssey

Richard Louis Proenneke

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Essays • Nature

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie — spanning Polar Regions, Essays & Travelogues, Essays and featuring authors such as Nicolas Vanier, Barry Lopez, Robert Falcon Scott, Mike Stroud, and others.

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