Expeditioner

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 …

A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet. Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of …

"El asalto de lo desconocido, aquello que surge por fuera de toda expectativa: condición necesaria de cualquier viaje inolvidable. El circuito se completa con su contrapartida: la …

'A full and fascinating portrait of one of the great figures of mountaineering.' – Michael PalinAt dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons …

"e;Each day as I pulled the oars in for the night, watching the water droplets drip off the blades and back into the ocean, I wondered at all the strokes they had taken and all …

«For et eventyrlig liv som er forbi», skrev Nordahl Grieg i 1930, «det var jo ikke én stor mand som døde, det var ti.» Selv fryktet Fridtjof Nansen å ha levd forgjeves.Aldri har du …

Isens menn under fremmed flagg tegner et realistisk og usentimentalt bilde av nordmenns deltakelse i utenlandske ekspedisjoner til Arktis og Antarktis. Noen spilte anonyme roller, …

For those armchair historians interested in the initial nautical exploration of inland Washington waters, this text is a significant addition to Northwest maritime history. …

Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative of America’s early aviation history, much of which Byrd …