A Walk to the Pole

A Walk to the Pole

Author: Roger Mear

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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A behind-the-scenes account of the modern expedition that followed Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 route across Antarctica to the South Pole.


The Ultimate Nordic Pole Walking Book

The Ultimate Nordic Pole Walking Book

Author: Klaus Schwanbeck

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1841263559

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There is no other sport activity providing such great and immediate health and fitness benefits that is nearly risk-free and as easy to learn as Nordic Pole Walking. This book explains the correct technique, shows exercises and offers nutrition and equipment tips. Based on 400 scientific studies about Walking and Nordic Pole Walking, this book ......


Legionnaire

Legionnaire

Author: Simon Murray

Publisher: Presidio Press

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0307415813

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“A pleasure to read and nearly impossible to put down.” –Army Times “Embodies an experience that many have enjoyed in fantasy–few in reality.” –The Washington Post The French Foreign Legion–mysterious, romantic, deadly–is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and ultimately Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary. Legionnaire is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray’s experience with this legendary band of soldiers. This gripping journal offers stark evidence that the Legion’s reputation for pushing men to their breaking points and beyond is well deserved. In the fierce, sun-baked North African desert, strong men cracked under brutal officers, merciless training methods, and barbarous punishments. Yet Murray survived, even thrived. For he shared one trait with these hard men from all nations and backgrounds: a determination never to surrender. “The drama, excitement, and color of a good guts-and-glory thriller.” –Dr. Henry Kissinger


Walking

Walking

Author: Erling Kagge

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2020-04-17

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0525564497

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A renowned explorer and acclaimed author shows us that walking is a natural accompaniment to creativity—and among the most radical things we can do. “Simple, profound … compelling … [a book that] packs a surprisingly motivational punch” (GQ). Why do we walk? Where do we walk from? What is our destination? Placing one foot in front of the other and embarking on the journey of discovery are activities intrinsic to our nature. But as universal as walking is, each of us will experience it differently. For renowned explorer Erling Kagge, walking is a natural accompaniment to creativity: the occasion for the unspoken dialogue of thinking. Walking is also the antidote to the speed at which we conduct our lives, to our insistence on rushing, on doing everything in a precipitous manner.


The South Pole

The South Pole

Author: Roald Amundsen

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 3861952564

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Account of the thrilling race to the south pole. With an introduction by Fridtjof Nansen.


Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure

Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure

Author: Sally Isaacs

Publisher: Raintree

Published: 2016-02-11

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1474710654

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This picture book tells the thrilling story of a woman from New Zealand who walked alone from Canada all the way to the magnetic North Pole; well, alone except for Charlie, the best and most protective dog on the globe.


How to Get to the North Pole

How to Get to the North Pole

Author: Tim Moss

Publisher: How To Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845284909

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Written by seasoned adventurer Tim Moss, comprehensive chapters take you through the details of each challenge or journey. If you're rowing an ocean where do you sleep at night? How do you go to the loo at sea? If you are cycling round the world precisely what difficulties will you face and how will you overcome them.


Four to the Pole!

Four to the Pole!

Author: Nancy Loewen

Publisher: Shoe String Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780208025180

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This is the true story of the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition known as AWE, told through diary excerpts, dispatches, letters, and narrative.


The White Darkness

The White Darkness

Author: David Grann

Publisher: Doubleday

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0385544588

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death, and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackleton's men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artifacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modeled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 13, 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone. David Grann tells Worsley's remarkable story with the intensity and power that have led him to be called "simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today." Illustrated with more than fifty stunning photographs from Worsley's and Shackleton's journeys, The White Darkness is both a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love, and a man pushing himself to the extremes of human capacity. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!


Race to the South Pole

Race to the South Pole

Author: Roald Amundsen

Publisher: White Star Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788854402171

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Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert Scott. Amundsen organized his gripping account using what is referred to in the film industry as the zooming technique. It starts in the past, examining the history of Antarctic exploration in different eras, and then moves ahead to describe how his own expedition was created, its organization, the slow stages involved in preparing for departure and, finally, the heart-stopping excitement of the race to the South Pole. Supplementing the vivid first-person text are black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the actual expedition, and color photographs depicting the landscape of Antarctica.