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The White Darkness is the fourth non-fiction book by American journalist David Grann. The book centers on the expeditions and adventures by British explorer and British Army officer Henry Worsley who traveled to the gravesite of Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer himself. To reach the grave, Worsley traveled to the far shores of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. In the following years, he traveled even farther.

In River of the Gods Candice Millard has written another peerless story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers.