Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Riffenburgh wuxuu shahaadada doctorate-ka ka qaatay machadka cilmi baarista Scott Polar ee jaamacadda Cambridge. Wuxuu qoray ama soo saaray buugaag badan oo ku saabsan sahaminta barafka, oo ay ku jiraan "The Myth of the Explorer", oo ah baaritaan cilmiyeed oo ku saabsan xiriirka saxaafadda caanka ah ee sahaminta; "Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition", sheekada Ernest Shackleton's
Nimrod Expedition, oo ku dhowaad gaadhay labada koonfureed ee koonfureed iyo koonfurta magnetic pole; iyo "Racing with Death", oo ah sheekada safarada Douglas Mawson ee Antarctica. Wuxuu ahaa tifaftiraha "Encyclopedia of the Antarctic", oo ah buug laba jibaar ka kooban oo ah buugga tixraaca ugu dhamaystiran ee abid laga soo saaro Antarctica.