Product Description: Tied to a BBC2 television series, this is an examination of the Arctic region and the men who have tried to conquer it. The tales begin in 1841 with the doomed Franklin expedition which attempted to find a sea route between the Pacific and the Atlantic...read more

Investigates man's relationship with the Arctic over the last hundred years and provides a history of expeditions to the region

An account of the pioneers of mountain climbing traces a century of human accomplishment from the first Victorian enthusiasts to the scaling of the Himalayan peaks, highlighting achievements on such mountains as the Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2, while providing accompanying archive materials, maps, and photos. (view table of contents)

A selection of anecdotes about such renowned explorers as Shackleton, Byrd, Hillary, and Peary takes readers through the various stages of a typical expedition, from planning to setting out, finding one's goal, and surviving safely to return home, covering such topics as team-building, fund-raising, or digging a latrine in the permafrost. 35,000 first printing.

Product Description: • Which explorer found the lost site of Jesus' first miracle?• Who was first to the top of the highest mountain in Peru?• Who was the first Westerner to visit the Ottoman harem in Constantinople?• Who held the world record as the only person to fly from Britain to Australia for 44 years?You'll find the answers to these questions and more in Mick Conefrey's charming new book (a hint: none of them had beards)...read more

Product Description: On the morning of 2 June 1953, the day of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, the first news ebbed through to the British public of a magnificent achievement: Everest had finally been conquered. Drawing on first-hand interviews and unprecedented access to archives, this is a groundbreaking new account of that extraordinary first ascent...read more

Product Description: What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority—and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of everyday problems, there is much we can learn from the larger-than-life tales of the world’s most famous adventurers...read more

Product Description: “Downright thrilling; [Conefrey] really gives us a sense of what it must have been like, battling exhaustion and frigid temperatures to get to the top of the world…. A must-read.”— Booklist At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost 800 ft shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb...read more

Product Description: At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. It will kill you on the way up and the way down. Mick Conefrey guides us through the early story of the legendary mountain and the extraordinary attempts that led up to its first ascent in 1954 - these are tales of riveting drama and unimaginable tragedy...read more

Product Description: K2 is almost 800ft shorter than Everest, yet it’s a far harder climb. Many great mountaineers became obsessed with reaching its summit, not all of them lived to tell of their adventures. Capturing the depth of their obsession, the heart-stopping tension of the climb and delving into the controversy that still surrounds the first ascent, Mick Conefrey delivers the definitive account of the ‘Savage Mountain’...read more