To the End of the Earth: Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson
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April 2009 is the one-hundredth anniversary of perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of exploration. Did U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary and his team dogsled to the North Pole in thirty-seven days in 1909? Or, as has been challenged, was this speed impossible, and was he a cheat? In 2005, polar explorer Tom Avery and his team set out to recreate this 100-year-old journey, using the same equipment as Peary, to prove that Peary had indeed done what he had claimed and discovered the North Pole.Navigating treacherous pressure ridges, deadly channels of open water, bitterly cold temperatures, and traveling in a similar style to Peary's with dog teams and replica wooden sledges bound together with cord, Avery tells the story of how his team covered 413 nautical miles to the North Pole in thirty-six days and twenty-two hours - some four hours faster than Peary. Weaving fascinating polar exploration history with thrilling extreme adventure, this is Avery's story of howhe and his team nearly gave their lives proving Peary told the truth.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031255186X
ISBN13:9780312551865
Release Date:March 2009
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 1.3" x 6.4"
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4 ratings
Great Adventure
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book was a great read. Full of humor and adventure. When the author's journey began and the book turned into a daily log I thought it would become dull but it did not. It had a great balance of adventure, facts about the Arctic and the author's concerns about how the environment is changing the north pole.
Great combination of adventure and history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
If you are a fan of adventure and history you will love this book. The book chronicles the current day adventure of a dog sledding expedition to the North Pole and uses the 1909 expedition by Peary and Henson to travel back in time and review the history of polar exploration. I enjoyed every page of this book.
Simply fantastic!!! Whoever enjoys anadventure will find this book marvelous!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Simply fantastic!!! Whoever enjoys an adventure will find this book marvelous!!!
Tom Avery and Robert Peary
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is a riveting account of Tom Avery's recreation of the north pole trip of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson in 1909. It vividly recounts the challenges that faced the Naval Commander and his crew of Matthew Henson and several Inuit companions. The book is written from the personal records of Mr. Avery and includes a well researched background of polar history. For those of us who love adventure and the outdoors I would recommend it without reservation.
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