A Pocket Essential Short History of Polar Exploration (Paperback)

According to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, 'Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised.' Despite this there has never been a shortage of volunteers willing to endure the bad times in pursuit of the glory that polar exploration sometimes brings. Nick Rennison's compelling book tells the memorable stories of people who have risked their lives by entering the white wastelands of the Arctic and the Antarctic, from the compelling tales of Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen, to those of lesser known explorers such as Elisha Kent Kane and Douglas Mawson. A Short History of Polar Exploration also looks briefly at the hold that the polar regions have often had on the imaginations of artists and writers in the last two hundred years examining the paintings, films and literature that they have inspired.

General

Imprint:	Oldcastle Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Nick Rennison
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-84344-090-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-84344-090-3
Barcode:	9781843440901

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