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==Further reading== [[File:Mt. Kanchenjunga.jpg|thumb|View of Kangchenjunga as seen from Darjeeling]] [[File:Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG|thumb|North face of Kangchenjunga from Pang Pema, Nepal]] * [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]] 1855. ''Himalayan Journals''. Assistant-director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * [[Laurence Waddell]] 1899. ''Among The Himalayas''. Travels in Sikkim. Book includes the exploration of the south of Kangchenjunga. * [[Paul Bauer (mountaineer)|Paul Bauer]] 1937. ''Himalayan Campaign''. Blackwell is the story of Bauer's two attempts in 1929 and 1931, republished as ''Kangchenjunga Challenge'' (William Kimber, 1955). * [[Paul Bauer (mountaineer)|Paul Bauer]] "The German Attack on Kangchenjunga", ''The Himalayan Journal'', 1930 Vol. II. * Lieut. Col. H.W. Tobin "Exploration and Climbing in The Sikkim Himalaya", ''The Himalayan Journal'', April 1930 Vol. II. Provides the early exploration and climbing attempts on Kangchenjunga. <!-- dead link silenced 16 May 2019 * [[F.S. Smythe]] ''The Kangchenjunga Adventure'', 1930 to 1931. Victor Gollancz, Ltd. Smythe was the team member responsible for writing and sending the dispatches to [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] in Calcutta, (Mr. Alfred Watson Editor), who transmitted the dispatches to [[The Times]] (editors Deakin & Bogaerde), during the expedition of 1930 * [http://www.cabernet.demon.co.uk/JAJ/data/smythe-excerpt.html example]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. --> * Prof. [[Günther Dyhrenfurth|G. O. Dyhrenfurth]] "The International Himalayan Expedition, 1930", ''The Himalayan Journal'', April 1931, Vol. III. Details their attempt on Kangchenjunga. * [[Bill Tilman|H.W. Tilman]] ''The ascent of Nanda Devi'', 7 June 1937, Cambridge University Press. Relates the story of their intention to climb Kangchenjunga. * [[Robert Lock Graham Irving|Irving, R. L. G.]] 1940. ''Ten Great Mountains''. London, J. M. Dent & Sons * [[John Angelo Jackson]] 1955. ''More than Mountains'' Book containing data on the 1954 Kangchenjunga reconnaissance. Jackson was also a team member of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955, also relates the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' "Abominable Snowman" or [[Yeti]] Expedition, when the first trek from [[Mount Everest|Everest]] to Kangchenjunga was accomplished * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070921031150/http://www.cabernet.demon.co.uk/JAJ/]. Relevant pages 97 onwards with two detailed maps. * [[Charles Evans (mountaineer)|Charles Evans]] ''Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak'', Hodder & Stoughton, Leader of the 1955 expedition. Principal of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Foreword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G. * [[Joe Brown (climber)|Joe Brown]], ''The Hard Years'', tells his version of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. * [[Narendra_Kumar_(mountaineer)|Colonel Narinder Kumar]] 1978. ''Kangchenjunga: First ascent from the north-east spur''. Vision books. Includes the second ever ascent of Kangchenjunga and the first from the northeast spur on the Indian side of the mountain. See also ''Himalayan Journal'' Vol. 36 and 50th Anniversary Edition * [[Peter Boardman]] 1982. ''Sacred Summits: A Climber's Year''. Includes the 1979 ascent of Kangchenjunga with [[Joe Tasker]] and [[Doug Scott]]. Also in ''The Himalayan Journal'' Vol 36. * [[John Angelo Jackson]] 2005. ''Adventure Travels in the Himalaya''. Indus Publishing. Recounts in more detail the first ascent of Kangchenjunga. * Simon Pierse 2005. ''Kangchenjunga: Imaging a Himalayan Mountain''. University of Wales, School of Art Press, {{ISBN|978-1-899095-22-3}}. An anthology of word and image published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first ascents of Kangchenjunga. Well illustrated with reproductions of paintings, prints and photographs describing the climbing history and cultural significance of the mountain. Preface by [[George Band]]. The above ''Himalayan Journal'' references were all also reproduced in the "50th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Kangchenjunga" The Himalayan Club, Kolkata Section 2005. * Pema Wangchuk and Mita Zulca ''Khangchendzonga: Sacred Summit''. The book details the stories and legends celebrated by the communities living in the Kangchenjunga's shadow, goes over the exploits of the early explorers and mountaineers. Chapters cover what Khangchendzonga means to Buddhism, mapping, early explorers, [[Alexander Kellas]], early expeditions, the first ascent in 1955, the Indian Army ascent (1977), the second British ascent (1979), women climbers, the Tiger climbers, the yeti and more. Profusely illustrated with many period photos. * The Geographer at High Altitudes, ''Climbing on the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges'', By J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. Edinburgh: David Douglas. 1902. * The Glaciers of Kangchenjunga [[Douglas Freshfield]] ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 19, No. 4 April 1902, pp. 453–472 * C. K. Howard-Bury. 1922. "The Mount Everest Expedition". ''The Geographical Journal'' 59 (2): 81–99. * "General Bruce's Illness a Serious handicap" ''The Times'', (British) World Copyright, Lt. R.F.Norton, 19 April 1924. Expedition in the Kangchenjunga area. * Account of a Photographic Expedition to the Southern Glaciers of Kangchenjunga in the Sikkim Himalaya, N. A. Tombazi, ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 67, No. 1 January 1926, pp. 74–76 * An Adventure to Kangchenjunga, Hugh Boustead, ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 69, No. 4 (Apr. 1927), pp. 344–350 * ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'', Thursday, 11 December 1930. "The Kangchenjunga Adventure", [[F.S. Smythe]]. * Im Kampf um den Himalaja, Paul Bauer. The Kangchenjunga Adventure, [[F. S. Smythe]], Himalaya: Unsere Expedition, G. O. Dyhrenfurth. 1930 * ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'', Thursday, 9 April 1931. "Kangchenjunga", Paul Bauer. * ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''. Vol. XXVI, ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 79, No. 1 January 1932, pp. 53–56 * Recent Heroes of Modern Adventure, T. C. Bridges; [[H. Hessell Tiltman]], ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 81, No. 6 June 1933, p. 568 * Paul Bauer 1931. Um Den Kantsch: der zweite deutsche Angriff auf den Kangchendzönga, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 81, No. 4 April 1933, pp. 362–363 * Paul Bauer; Sumner Austin 1938. Himalayan Campaign: The German Attack on Kangchenjunga, ''The Geographical Journal'', Vol. 91, No. 5: 478 * Charles Evans 1956. "Kangchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak". ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. *Lou Whittaker, ''Memoirs of a Mountain guide'', 1994
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