Explorer (eBook)

The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown

Benedict Allen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
288 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-625-4 (ISBN)

Infos

What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century?This is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet – at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them. It is also the story of why, thirty years later, he is still exploring. Benedict decides to journey back to a clouded mountain in New Guinea to find an old friend called Korsai, and to fulfil a promise they made as young men. Explorer tells the story of what it means to be ‘lost’ and ‘found’.

Autor

Benedict Allen read Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia and is a former member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society, Patron of the Environmental Justice Foundation, the Tony Foundation and Save the Rhino Trust. Best known, perhaps, for having pioneered the ‘video selfie’ as a result of filming his solo expeditions for television, he is also editor of The Faber Book of Exploration. @benedictallen | benedictallen.com

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2022
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Autobiography • Colonialism • Community • Culture • Environment • global exchange • Memoir • Papua New Guinea • Pyschology
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-625-7 / 1786896257
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-625-4 / 9781786896254