"This book is as autobiographical as it is biographical . . . a
book that juxtaposes two adventurers, one with her own challenges
still unfolding and the other with his position fixed in history .
. . a book worthy of the centenary celebration of Amundsen's trek
to the South Pole."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
Today the North and South Poles are home to research stations and
film crews, but just a century ago they were forbidding lands
seldom seen by human eyes. Those who journeyed there were the last
true explorers, and one of the most successful ever was Roald
Amundsen. Known as "the last of the Vikings," the Norwegian-born
Amundsen began his career of adventure at age fifteen and by forty
had become the first man to successfully navigate the Northwest
Passage, and to reach both the North and South Poles.
As a girl, Lynne Cox read of Amundsen's exploits, which inspired
her to follow her own adventurous dreams of open-water swimming.
Here, she gives an account of Amundsen's life and expeditions while
detailing her own experiences swimming (without a wetsuit) in the
same polar regions he first explored. At once a biography, history,
and memoir, "South with the Sun "holds something for any lover of
adventure.
"Not to miss . . . It's fascinating to read about the Norwegian
hardman through the eyes of Cox."--"Outside"
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