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Description edit
A passport to the last wildnernesses of Earth, this is the definitive collection of first-hand accounts of polar exploration - 50 true stories of intrepid travel through the desolate and dangerous regions of both Arctic and Antarctic. Beginning with Sir John Franklin's starvation trek through... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Wilson: Add a description of this character.
- Alexey
- Shackleton
- Scott
- Hanssen
- Marshall
- Bill
- Bowers
- Peary
- Charlie
- Johansen
- Steve
- Iversen
- John
- Joe
- Evans
- Amundsen
- Sechmann
- Worsley
- Mr Meyers
- Mick
- Adams
- Oates
- Franklin
- Mawson
- Hepburn
- David
- Erebus
- Geoff
- Allan
- Fiona
- Crean
- Stefansson
- Dr Richardson
- Bennett
- Ericksen
- Cook
- Jorgensen
- Idlouk
- Mertz
- Michel
- Belanger
- Mr Hood
- Samandre
- Mariano
Setting & Locations edit
North Pole, South Pole
- Antarctica
- Spitzbergen
- North Pole
- Greenland
- England
- Bjaaland
- Providence
- Alaska
- South Georgia
- Stromness
- South Pole
- Husvik
- Beaufort
- Iceland
- Adelie
- Noashak
First Sentence edit
A veteran of the Trafalgar battle, John Franklin RN was an Arctic explorer by Admiralty order; he was appointed to the "Discovery Service" expedition to the North Pole in 1818 by a naval board that could find little else to do with an ageing lieutenant.
Table of Contents edit
I. Timeline
II. Part One : THE NORTH POLE
1. Introduction: the North Pole
2. THE MARCH TO FORT ENTERPRISE : Sir John Franklin (1821)
3. FARTHEST NORTH : William Edward Parry (1827)
4. ESCAPE FROM THE ICE : George E. Tyson (1872-3)
5. THE LAST DAYS : George W. De Long (1881)
6. NANSEN OF THE NORTH : Fridtjof Nansen & Hjalmar Johnsen (1893-6)
7. WHERE THE EAGLE DARED : Salomon Andree (1897)
8. STEFANSSON IN 'THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC' : Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1908-17)
9. COOK ATTAINS THE POLE . . . : Frederick A. Cook (1908)
10. NINETY DEGREES NORTH : Robert E. Peary (1909)
11. SLEDGE-TRACKS : Ejnar Mikkelsen (1909)
12. THIN ICE : W. Elmer Ekblaw (1913-17)
13. RESCUE FROM WRANGEL ISLAND : William Laird McKinley (1914)
14. "AT LAST! AT LAST! PEOPLE" : RASMUSSEN ENCOUNTERS ESKIMO : Knud Rasmussen (1921-4)
15. WINGS OVER THE POLE : Richard E. Byrd (1926)
16. TOO CLOSE TO THE ICE : Unberto Nobile (1928)
17. WHITE DEVILS : David Haig-Thomas (1938)
18. HUNTING IN THE LAND OF THE LONG DAY : Doug Wilkinson (1953)
19. TOP OF THE WORLD : Wally Herbert (1969)
20. SATAN'S CAULDRON : Ranulp Fiennes (1982)
21. COLD REALITY : David Hempleman-Adams (1983)
22. BLOOD ON THE DREAM : Barry Lopez (1986)
23. MUSHER : Alistair Scott (1988)
24. PERFECT STORM :Bear Grylls (2003)
III. Part Two: THE SOUTH POLE
1. Introduction: the South Pole
2. FARTHEST SOUTH : Ernest Shackleton (1908-9)
3. THE ASCENT OF THE MOUNT EREBUS : T. W. Edgeworth David (1908)
4. THE WINTER JOURNEY : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1911)
5. POLE pOSITION : Roald Amundsen (1911)
6. FORESTALLED : Robert F. Scott (1912)
7. LAST MAN WALKING : Douglas Mawson (1912)
8. THE LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE : Ernest Shakleton (1915)
9. THE BOAT JOURNEY : F.A. Worsley (1916)
10. CROSSING SOUTH GEORGIA : Ernest Shakleton (1916)
11. ALONE : Richard E. Byrd (1933-4)
12. THE FIRST MEN IN THE WHITE EDEN : John Rymill (1934)
13. GOING ALL THE WAY : Vivian Fuchs (1956-8)
14. CAPE ADARE : David Lewis (1977-8)
15. THE KILLER UNDER THE WATER : Gareth Wood (1985)
16. MELTING POINT : David Helvard (1999)
17. MIND OVER MATTER : Catherine Hartley (2001)
18. SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA : Lynne Cox (2002)
IV. Appendix I: The Last Letters of Robert Falcon Scott RN
V. Appendix II: The Early Life of Robert Falcon Scott by James M. Barrie
VI. Appendix III: The Antarctic Treaty
VII. Bibliography
VIII. Glossary
IX. The Polar Who's Who
X. Sources and Acknowledgements
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Running Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0786719621
Page Count: 512
Publisher: Running Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0786719621
Page Count: 512
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 919
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Food & Lodging › Dining
- Books › Travel › Specialty Travel › Adventure
- Books › Sports › Winter Sports › Polar Regions
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