Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ordeal by Ice: The Search for the Northwest Passage | 1960 | Farley Mowat | Buy |
| 2 | The Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole | 1967 | Farley Mowat | Buy |
| 3 | Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages | 1973 | Farley Mowat | Buy |
The Top of the World is Farley Mowat’s series about the Canadian Arctic, drawn from his experiences living and traveling in the far north. People of the Deer (1952) brought attention to the plight of the Ihalmiut Inuit people, while The Desperate People (1957) continued documenting their struggle for survival.
These books were among the first to bring the lives and challenges of Arctic communities to a wide readership. Mowat’s passionate advocacy for the people he wrote about made these books both literary works and social documents.