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Walking on Thin Ice: In Pursuit of the North Pole

Walking on Thin Ice: In Pursuit of the North Pole


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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 an d almost certain frostbite. WALKING ON THIN ICE includes David Hempleman-Adams' personal diary entries and radio messages to base, and recounts his day-by-day account of the preparations, training and

About the Author :
David Hempleman-Adams was born in 1956 in Swindon. A business man by profession, he has become Britain's most successful polar explorer and mountaineer. He is married with three daughters and lives in Wiltshire. Co-author Robert Uhlig has been a top reporter on the Daily Telegraph since 1995. In 1996 - 1996, he covered the story of the ThrustSSC's team assault on the sound barrier f


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  • ISBN-13: 9780752817972
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Orion
  • Height: 240 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 687 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0752817973
  • Publisher Date: 14 Sep 1998
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: In Pursuit of the North Pole
  • Width: 165 mm


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