Verlag: Penguin Classics (edition Penguin Classics), 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
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Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
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Verlag: Penguin Classics (edition Penguin Classics), 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
Anbieter: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Penguin Classics. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
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Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group Jan 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Perhaps the greatest first-hand account of polar exploration. In his introduction to the harrowing story of the Scott expedition to the South Pole, Apsley Cherry-Garrard states that 'Polar Exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.' This is his gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. Prior to this sad denouement, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other explorers. Summing up the reasons for writing the book, Cherry-Garrard says: 'To me, and perhaps to you, the interest in this story is the men, and it is the spirit of the men, 'the response of the spirit,' which is interesting rather than what they did or failed to do: except in a superficial sense, they never failed. It is a story about human minds with all kinds of ideas and questions involved, which stretch beyond the furthest horizons.'.
Verlag: PENGUIN GROUP, 2006
ISBN 10: 0143039385 ISBN 13: 9780143039389
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Zustand: New. Über den AutorApsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott s final expedition to the Antarctic which he joined to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. After the expedition, Cherry-Gar.