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WALKING ON THIN ICE: IN PURSUIT OF THE NORTH POLE.

WALKING ON THIN ICE: IN PURSUIT OF THE NORTH POLE.

WALKING ON THIN ICE: IN PURSUIT OF THE NORTH POLE.
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WALKING ON THIN ICE: IN PURSUIT OF THE NORTH POLE.

by HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, DAVID:

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9780752817972
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.Colour photographic dw/dj. Red paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, blue plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,271pp includes b/w line illus chapter headpieces,b/w maps,24pp colour photographs, appendices(4) and an index. In early March 1998,David Hempleman-Adams set off on a 600 mile journey which would take him into the record books as one of the most successful all-round adventurers the world has ever seen.Facing wind-chill down to minus 90 centigrade,he man- hauled his sledge to the North Pole across the constantly shifting ice of the frozen Arctic Ocean.He knew that if he succeeded he would be the first person to complete the explorers' Grand Slam,a challenge which has seen him conquer the North and South Magnetic Poles,become the first Briton to walk solo and unsupported to the South Pole,and scale the highest mountain in each of the seven continents,including Everest.Having stood on the roof of the world,he was determined to reach the top of the globe.This is the story of his all-or-nothing attempt to end a 15 year odyssey.He explains the obsession that drives him to explore the most inhospitable environment known to man,in which he is under constant threat of ravenous polar bears and almost certain frostbite.'Walking on Thin Ice' includes David's personal diary entries and radio messages to base,and recounts his day-by-day account of the preparations,training and tortuous trek to the Pole. Including extensive photographs,diagrams and maps,this is a frank and extraordinary story of heroic feat and fearless endeavour by a truly remarkable man. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Title
WALKING ON THIN ICE: IN PURSUIT OF THE NORTH POLE.
Author
HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, DAVID:
Illustrator
illus with b/w maps,diagrams and colour photographs.
Book Condition
Used - MINT.
Jacket Condition
MINT.
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0752817973
ISBN 13
9780752817972
Publisher
LONDON.ORION,1998.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
February 1, 1999
Keywords
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