Epic Expeditions

25 Great Explorations into the Unknown

AvEd Stafford

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Engelska, 2021

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What does it take to survive in the unknown? Explorer and survival expert, Ed Stafford captures the spirit of adventure in 25 of the greatest expeditions of all time. From 1864-2018, intrepid explorers blazed a trail with round-the-world records, the ascent of Everest, crossing the Australian desert by camel and kayaking the North Atlantic Ocean. They conquered mountains, deserts, jungles and seas venturing into the most remote and inhospitable climes on the planet. Peeking inside each kit bag (including his own), Ed Stafford reveals how the great explorers achieved their awe-inspiring missions to find out more about our world, and how the equipment they carried with them determined the success or failure of their expedition. Ed Stafford is a British explorer and the face of survival on the Discovery Channel. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person ever to walk the length of the Amazon River. ‘Walking from the Pacific, over the Andes and along the entire length of the Amazon to the Atlantic is truly extraordinary ... To do all this in more than 800 continuous days with just a backpack puts Stafford's endeavour in the top league of expeditions past and present.’Sir Ranulph Fiennes EPIC EXPEDITIONS was first published as an illustrated, large format hardback under the title EXPEDITIONS UNPACKED: What the Great Explorers Took into the Unknown. This new paperback edition includes a black and white photograph of each explorer and a black and white illustration of their kit.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780711261884
Förlag:Quarto Publishing PLC

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Ed Stafford is the Guinness World Record-holding first person to walk the Amazon River. Sir Ranulph Fiennes described his expedition as being “truly extraordinary… in the top league of expeditions past and present.” A former British Army captain, Ed filmed and blogged his deadly journey and engaged followers all over the world for almost two and a half years. His footage was made into a Discovery Channel documentary and was sold to over 100 countries and he authored the best-selling book, ‘Walking the Amazon’. Ed has gone on to film seven survival series and is now an established face of Discovery Channel and his seventh series Ed Stafford: First Man Out aired in late 2018 globally.

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Nellie BlyRound the world in 72 days Captain Robert Falcon ScottRace to the Pole: Terra Nova expedition Roald AmundsenRace to the Pole: Norwegian expedition Lieutenant Colonel Percy FawcettSearch for the lost city of ‘Z’ Eva Dickson First woman to cross the Sahara by car Clärenore StinnesFirst circumnavigation of the globe by production car Amelia EarhartFirst woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean Thor HeyerdahlKon-Tiki expedition Jacques CousteauFirst underwater archaeology operation Sir Edmund Hillary 84Everest first ascent Tim Slessor London to Singapore by Land Rover Sir Robin Knox-JohnstonFirst solo-sailed circumnavigation of the globe Robyn DavidsonTrek across the deserts of west Australia using camels Sir Ranulph FiennesTransglobe expedition Reinhold MessnerFirst ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen Jason Lewis First human-powered circumnavigation of the globe Alastair HumphreysCycle around the world Rune Gjeldnes Longest solo ski journey Ed StaffordWalking the Amazon Sarah Outen London2London Bertrand Piccard and André BorschbergFirst round-the-world solar flight Fedor Konyukhov Fastest round-the-world balloon flight Olly Hicks and George BullardGreenland to Scotland by kayak Apa SherpaTwenty-one Everest ascents Laura Bingham First team to locate the source of and navigate the Essequibo River, Guyana