We’ve long been fascinated by the extraordinary history of Arctic exploration – so we set out to create a book that captures its full drama and scale. Arctic is the result: a wholly original Folio book. Arctic historian Fergus Fleming has curated 28 first-hand accounts from expeditions between the 19th and early 20th centuries – vivid, often harrowing stories told by those who lived them.

This is the only collection of its kind – commissioned exclusively by Folio and not available anywhere else. More than 100 photographs, paintings, drawings and artefacts accompany the text, taking readers inside the race to reach the North Pole, the long and perilous search for the North-West Passage and the mysterious disappearance of Sir John Franklin’s expedition – one of the greatest Arctic stories of all.

Step into the far north with the explorers who faced it. Escape with Folio this summer and uncover the true story of the Arctic.