The Mammoth Book of Antarctic Journeys
32 eye-witness accounts of adventure in the Antarctic. Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen, Byrd, Fuchs and many more
(Sprache: Englisch)
The very best writing on the Antarctic from Ernest Shackleton to endurance swimmer Lynne Cox. Ties in with the centenary of Scott's expedition to the South Pole.
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The very best writing on the Antarctic from Ernest Shackleton to endurance swimmer Lynne Cox. Ties in with the centenary of Scott's expedition to the South Pole.
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The very best writing on the Antarctic, from James Cook's eighteenth-century assertion that 'no man will ever venture further than I have done' to Lynne Cox's description of her epic, icy swim in the twenty-first century - 32 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's last true wildernesses.Here you will find both legendary tales of heroism and startling contemporary accounts of the impact of global warming on the Earth's sole undeveloped continent, including:
'Dog Days' by Robert Falcon Scott
'The Loss of the Endurance' by Ernest Shackleton.
'Alone' by Richard E Byrd.
'The Killer under the Water' by Gareth Wood.
'Melting Point' by David Helvarg.
'Swimming to Antarctica' by Lynne Cox.
Autoren-Porträt von Jon E. Lewis
Lewis, Jon E.JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jon E. Lewis
- 2012, 480 Seiten, Maße: 13,4 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Ed. by Lewis, Jon E.
- Herausgegeben: Jon E. Lewis
- Verlag: Constable & Robinson
- ISBN-10: 1849017220
- ISBN-13: 9781849017220
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.01.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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