A Short History Of Polar Exploration by Nick Rennison

A Short History Of Polar Exploration : Paperback : Oldcastle Books Ltd : 9781843440901 : 1843440903 : 01 May 2014 : An absorbing history, bringing explorers' tales vividly to life  Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, said "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised." Yet there has never been a shortage of volunteers willing to endure the bad times in pursuit of the glory that polar exploration sometimes brings. This compelling book tells the memorable stories of the men and women who have risked...... Mehr