Epic expeditions : 25 great explorations into the unknown /: 25 great explorations into the unknown. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Expeditions unpacked
• Further Information: Note: Ed Stafford.
• Authors: Stafford, Ed
• Contents: Nellie Bly ; Round the world in 72 days ; Captain Robert Falcon Scott ; Race to the Pole: Terra Nova expedition ; Roald Amundsen ; Race to the Pole: Norwegian expedition ; Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett ; Search for the lost city of ‘Z’ ; Eva Dickson ; First woman to cross the Sahara by car ; Clärenore Stinnes ; First circumnavigation of the globe by production car ; Amelia Earhart ; First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean ; Thor Heyerdahl ; Kon-Tiki expedition ; Jacques Cousteau ; First underwater archaeology operation ; Sir Edmund Hillary 84 ; Everest first ascent ; Tim Slessor ; London to Singapore by Land Rover ; Sir Robin Knox-Johnston ; First solo-sailed circumnavigation of the globe ; Robyn Davidson ; Trek across the deserts of west Australia using camels ; Sir Ranulph Fiennes ; Transglobe expedition ; Reinhold Messner ; First ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen ; Jason Lewis ; First human-powered circumnavigation of the globe ; Alastair Humphreys ; Cycle around the world ; Rune Gjeldnes ; Longest solo ski journey ; Ed Stafford ; Walking the Amazon ; Sarah Outen ; London2London ; Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg ; First round-the-world solar flight ; Fedor Konyukhov ; Fastest round-the-world balloon flight ; Olly Hicks and George Bullard ; Greenland to Scotland by kayak ; Apa Sherpa ; Twenty-one Everest ascents ; Laura Bingham ; First team to locate the source of and navigate the Essequibo River, Guyana ;
• Edition: New edition
• Publisher Details: London : Aurum Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 910.4; Explorers -- History; Voyages and travels; Travel paraphernalia; Discoveries in geography; Scientific expeditions -- Equipment and supplies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780711261884
• Related ISBNs: 9780711259645
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