Across the Arctic Ocean
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-25214-7 (ISBN)
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On 21 February 1968, Wally Herbert and his team of three companions and forty huskies set out from Point Barrow, Alaska, embarking on a journey that no one had ever attempted. Sixteen hard months later they finally set foot once more on solid land, having attained the North Pole and crossed the frozen Arctic Ocean for the first time via its longest axis. It stands today as one of the greatest expeditions of all time. Illustrated with unpublished photographs and other personal materials from the Herbert archive, this exceptional photography book is a first-hand record of an astonishing journey – one that with rising temperatures and Arctic ice melt will probably never be repeated. An impressive team of explorers and polar experts, including Wally Herbert’s daughter Kari, also provide their reflections and tributes to the expedition and to Wally Herbert, contributing to a remarkable visual and personal testimony of this historic event.
Dr Huw Lewis-Jones is a historian of exploration with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and the National Maritime Museum, London. His books include The Conquest of Everest (winner of the History Award at the Banff Mountain Festival), The Crossing of Antarctica and Across the Arctic Ocean. He is the author, with Kari Herbert, of the bestseller Explorers’ Sketchbooks.
Prologue: In the Shadow of the Moon, Huw Lewis-Jones • Introduction: True Exploration, Sir Ranulph Fiennes • Chapter 1. Keen Young Men • Chapter 2. The Frozen Sea • Chapter 3. A Pioneer Journey • Chapter 4. Reflections by Peter Otway, Dmitry Shparo, Børge Ousland, Victor Boyarsky, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Martin Hartley, Cecilie Skog, Erling Kagge and Geoff Renner • Epilogue: My Father, Kari Herbert.
| Zusatzinfo | 71 Illustrations, black and white; 86 Illustrations, color |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 220 x 270 mm |
| Gewicht | 1450 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-500-25214-9 / 0500252149 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-500-25214-7 / 9780500252147 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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