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Here is the story of the infamous 1910 race to the South Pole, as told by its fearless yet desperate leader, Robert Falcon Scott. The New York Times called Scott's Last Expedition "A splendid record of heroism not soon to be forgotten."

The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudsons final expedition.

'An Antarctic odyssey; Shackleton and Scott star in this rip-roaring account' The Telegraph 'Delivered with pace, style and infectious enthusiasm, The Grip of the Ice sometimes chills you to the bone… stirring, suspenseful and panoramic.' Independent The gripping untold story of Britain’s...

Through the years, the challenge of powered transportation in the snow has been met with ideas from explorers, creative inventors and small companies, all with new ideas - often unique and sometimes successful. The name "snowmobile" was trademarked in 1917, but there were snow travel ideas before that date and certainly thousands more since. Winter explorers and trailblazers sought to replace their dogsleds and snowshoes as they explored difficult locations, including remote locations, on the north and south poles.

На географических картах Арктики можно встретить немало русских названий. Это память о тех временах, когда наши соотечественники открывали один из самых суровых регионов Земли. Экспедиции россиян исследовали все северное побережье Евразии, обнаружили пролив между Америкой и Азией, побывали на Полюсе относительной недоступности, работали на первых дрейфующих станциях…. Книга "Арктика. История освоения Крайнего" рассказывает о судьбах российских исследователей и их экспедициях.