At the Mercy of the Winds: Two Remarkable Journeys to the North Pole - Softcover

Hempleman-Adams, David

 
9780553813630: At the Mercy of the Winds: Two Remarkable Journeys to the North Pole
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0553813633 ISBN 13: 9780553813630
Verlag: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group), 2002

Inhaltsangabe

The incredible story of the first man to fly to the North Pole -- by balloon.

On May 28, 2000, explorer David Hempleman-Adams took off from Spitzbergen, Norway, on his record-breaking flight to the North Pole. He knew that if he survived the week ahead, he would be the first man ever to have reached the North Pole by balloon. His trip was in homage to three Swedes : Andree, Strindberg and Frankel who, in 1896 set off for the Pole in their hot-air balloon. But the Swedish explorers had been brought down by freezing fog and perished on the ice cap without reaching their goal. In this ultimate adventure book, Hempleman-Adams tells the extraordinary stories of both journeys.

David Hempleman-Adams is a businessman by profession but an adventurer by preference. He is the first person
to complete the explorers’ Grand Slam, a challenge that saw him scale the highest mountain in each of the seven
continents, including Everest.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Uhlig is the Technology Correspondent for the <i>Daily Telegraph</i>.

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le story of the first man to fly to the North Pole -- by balloon.<br><br>On May 28, 2000, explorer David Hempleman-Adams took off from Spitzbergen, Norway, on his record-breaking flight to the North Pole. He knew that if he survived the week ahead, he would be the first man ever to have reached the North Pole by balloon. His trip was in homage to three Swedes : Andree, Strindberg and Frankel who, in 1896 set off for the Pole in their hot-air balloon. But the Swedish explorers had been brought down by freezing fog and perished on the ice cap without reaching their goal. In this ultimate adventure book, Hempleman-Adams tells the extraordinary stories of both journeys.<br><br>David Hempleman-Adams is a businessman by profession but an adventurer by preference. He is the first person <br>to complete the explorers’ Grand Slam, a challenge that saw him scale the highest mountain in each of the seven <br>continents, including Everest.

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Verlag
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0553813633
ISBN 13 
9780553813630
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Anzahl der Seiten
336
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