Ten of the Best Adventures in Frozen Landscapes - by David West - Paperback

en exciting stories feature famous explorers and their struggles to survive in frigid temperatures during dangerous polar expeditions. Stories include: the last expedition of John Franklin, Salomon August Andrée's attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon, Ernest Shackleton's journey to rescue his ice-locked crew, Riiser-Larsen and Amundsen's crash in the Arctic, and the crash of Umberto Nobile's airship Italia. Feature boxes and maps add additional details and help readers better understand the explorer's journey and the time period in which the expedition took place.
PUBLISHER:
Crabtree Publishing
AUTHOR:
David West
BIND:
Paperback
PAGES:
24
DIMENSIONS:
225 x 250 mm