Kammala wannan jumla: Riffenburgh ya sami digirin digirgir a Cibiyar Nazarin Scott Polar a Jami'ar Cambridge. Ya rubuta ko edita littattafai da yawa game da binciken polar, gami da "The Myth of the Explorer", binciken bincike game da dangantakar shahararrun 'yan jarida tare da bincike; "Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition", labarin Ernest Shackleton's
Nimrod Expedition, wanda kusan ya kai Kudancin Kudanci da Kudancin Magnetic Pole; da kuma "Racing with Death", labarin Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expeditions. Shi ne editan "Encyclopedia of the Antarctic", wani littafi mai girma biyu wanda shi ne littafin bincike mafi girma da aka taɓa wallafawa game da Antarctic.