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Polar Regions (Winter Sports, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Polar Regions (Winter Sports, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 81 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $10.91 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Winter Sports (556), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 89% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $10.91, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Polar Regions best sellers
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
by Caroline Van Hemert
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,393
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Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel
by Rosita Boland
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews246
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Arctic Dreams
by Barry Lopez
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,173
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews332
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Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent
by Gabrielle Walker
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews465
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Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
by Maurice Herzog
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,670
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Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife
by Tony Soper
- List rank#7
- Price$20.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews5
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The North Pole and Inner Earth Chronicles: The Smoky God: A Voyage to the Inner World + The Secret Diary of Admiral Richard E. Byrd | Two Books in One Landmark Edition, Arctic, Hollow & Flat Earth
by Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews235
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North To The Night
by Alvah Simon
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews458
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Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
by Jill Fredston
- List rank#10
- Price$10.44
- Rating4.4
- Reviews186
FAQ
Is Polar Regions a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 81 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Polar Regions?
The median best seller has 81 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Polar Regions best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $10.91.
Can new books break into Polar Regions?
2% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.