Book description
This collection of classic tales comprises over 50 accounts of
true-life adventure taken from contemporary memoirs, letters and
journals. They span the years 1800 to the end of the 20th century, in
a period which can be termed the modern age of exploration. Inspired
by Ernest Shackleton's 1914-15 escape from the bitter clutches of
Antarctica, this book is by turn inspirational, harrowing, tragic and
unimaginable. It recounts stories of ordinary mortals who achieved
extraordinary things. From the ice-locked poles and endless deserts of
Arabia to the storm-tossed South Atlantic, the rainforests of the
Amazon and sheer peaks of the Himalayas, the world's most famous
adventurers recount their experiences. Includes accounts from some of
the greatest ever explorers and adventurers: Captain Scott, Ernest
Shackleton; John Franklin, Edmund Hilary, Laurens Van der Post, Thor
Heyerdahl, John Blashford-Snell, Ranulp Fiennes, Chay Blyth, Jacques
Cousteau, Nick Danziger,; Charles Lindbergh, Peter Fleming and many more.
