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To the Edges of the Earth

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373 Seiten
Englisch
Mariner Bookserschienen am16.04.2024
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a breathtakingentwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time: in1909threedaring expeditionsled by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and thedashing Duke of the Abruzzisimultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world.&quote,Suspenseful. ... Larson does full justice to his three protagonists remarkable bravery.&quote, Wall Street JournalAs 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of explorationset at the worlds frozen extremeslay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called Third Pole, the pole of altitude, located in unexplored heights of the Himalaya. Before the calendar turned, three expeditions had faced death, mutiny, and the harshest conditions on the planet to plant flags at the furthest edges of the Earth.In the course of one extraordinary year, Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were hailed worldwide at the discovers of the North Pole, Britains Ernest Shackleton had set a new geographic Furthest South record, while his expedition mate, Australian Douglas Mawson, had reached the Magnetic South Pole, and at the roof of the world, Italys Duke of the Abruzzi had attained an altitude record that would stand for a generation, the result of the first major mountaineering expedition to theHimalaya's eastern Karakoram, where the daring aristocrat attempted K2 and established the standard route up the most notorious mountain on the planet. Based on extensive archival and on-the-ground research, Edward J. Larson weaves these narratives into one thrilling adventure story. Larson, author of the acclaimed polar history Empire of Ice, draws on his own voyages to the Himalaya, the arctic, and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, where he himself reached the South Pole and lived in Shackletons Cape Royds hut as a fellow in the National Science Foundations Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. These three legendary expeditions, overlapping in time, danger, and stakes, were glorified upon their return, their leaders celebrated as the preeminent heroes of their day. Stripping away the myth, Larson, a master historian, illuminates one of the great, overlooked tales of exploration, revealing the extraordinary human achievement at the heart of these journeys.mehr
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KlappentextFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a breathtakingentwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time: in1909threedaring expeditionsled by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and thedashing Duke of the Abruzzisimultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world.&quote,Suspenseful. ... Larson does full justice to his three protagonists remarkable bravery.&quote, Wall Street JournalAs 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of explorationset at the worlds frozen extremeslay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called Third Pole, the pole of altitude, located in unexplored heights of the Himalaya. Before the calendar turned, three expeditions had faced death, mutiny, and the harshest conditions on the planet to plant flags at the furthest edges of the Earth.In the course of one extraordinary year, Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were hailed worldwide at the discovers of the North Pole, Britains Ernest Shackleton had set a new geographic Furthest South record, while his expedition mate, Australian Douglas Mawson, had reached the Magnetic South Pole, and at the roof of the world, Italys Duke of the Abruzzi had attained an altitude record that would stand for a generation, the result of the first major mountaineering expedition to theHimalaya's eastern Karakoram, where the daring aristocrat attempted K2 and established the standard route up the most notorious mountain on the planet. Based on extensive archival and on-the-ground research, Edward J. Larson weaves these narratives into one thrilling adventure story. Larson, author of the acclaimed polar history Empire of Ice, draws on his own voyages to the Himalaya, the arctic, and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, where he himself reached the South Pole and lived in Shackletons Cape Royds hut as a fellow in the National Science Foundations Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. These three legendary expeditions, overlapping in time, danger, and stakes, were glorified upon their return, their leaders celebrated as the preeminent heroes of their day. Stripping away the myth, Larson, a master historian, illuminates one of the great, overlooked tales of exploration, revealing the extraordinary human achievement at the heart of these journeys.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9780062564511
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Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum16.04.2024
Seiten373 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse11091 Kbytes
Artikel-Nr.2399880
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EDWARD J. LARSON is University Professor of History and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. His numerous awards and honors include the Pulitzer Prize for History.