My Life as an Explorer - Couverture souple

Amundsen, Roald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108071430 ISBN 13 : 9781108071437

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The 1927 autobiography, in English translation, of the first man to traverse the North-West Passage and to reach the South Pole.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Prior to his disappearance in the Arctic during an airborne rescue mission, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) had reflected in writing on his extraordinary career. First published in 1927 and reissued here in the English translation of that year, his autobiography discusses in straightforward style the numerous difficulties of his many expeditions, ranging from problems of finance and planning through to dealing with life-threatening danger and inevitable controversy. Generously acknowledging an 'old gentleman in Grimsby' for providing materials that helped him plan the first navigation of the North-West Passage, Amundsen credits painstaking preparation as the cornerstone of his success, especially in the conquest of the South Pole. His fuller accounts of these two expeditions are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Frank and focused like its author, the present work will reveal to readers the outlook and approach of a remarkable figure in the history of polar exploration.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roald Amundsen is perhaps the most famous of the Edwardian explorers after Shackleton and Scott. He was the first man to sail the North-West Passage and the first to reach the South Pole. He flew over the North Pole in a dirigible and disappeared while searching for his friend, Nobile, who had flown to the Pole in 1928 and whose airship Italia had crashed on the way back.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108071430
• ISBN 13: 9781108071437
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 298