Expeditioner

Over 9,000 feet up on the top of Mount Roraima is a twenty-five mile square plateau, at the point where Guyana’s border meets Venezuela and Brazil. In 1973, Scottish mountaineering …

First published in 2006. Gardens in Britain and America today owe much to the exploits of explorer and plant hunter Frank Kingdon Ward. Over fifty years, Ward travelled remote …

This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden …

The New York Times bestselling account of a thrilling real-life journey into deepest cave on earth.

In 1912, Carl Stearns Clancy undertook the longest, most difficult and most perilous journey ever attempted on a motorcycle. By June 1913 he had made history, becoming the first …

Way to Go is an epic road trip, bringing together two great motorbike journeys: from Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield; and along Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles, on a …

‘Mountains have given structure to my adult life. I suppose they have also given me purpose, though I still can’t guess what that purpose might be. And although I have glimpsed the …

I denne biografien portretteres Fridtjof Nansen ikke som en superhelt, men som et troverdig menneske. Han var rastløs og egoistisk, en elendig far og ektemann, ekstremt selvopptatt …

'Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries' unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The …

At the heart of this book is a previously unpublished account of Ben Jonson's celebrated walk from London to Edinburgh in the summer of 1618. This unique firsthand narrative …