Ranulph Fiennes has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par excellance. Taunted by his wife over the challenge of the never-before attempted circumpolar navigation of the globe, he set off in 1979 on a gruelling 52,000 mile adventure. Together with fellow members of 21 SAS regiment, Fiennes left from Greenwich, travelling over land, passing through both ends of the polar axis. Completed over three years later, it was the first circumpolar navigation of the globe, and justifiably entered Fiennes into the record books. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH is the record of that journey. It captures the natural beauty of the landscapes they passed through, and the cameraderie that necessarily grows between men who had served in the British forces' elite regiment and were now throwing themselves into danger of a different sort. Time and again, the expedition found themselves in life-threatening situations, weaving through the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean or sharing a single sleeping bag to ward off the -40 degrees celsius Arctic night. The calm and measured approach which made Fiennes such a great expedition leader shines through TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, deftly recreating the last unexplored regions on earth. It is also a book which lays the foundations for what was to come for Fiennes, confirming a need to exist outside the comfortable norms the rest of us inhabit. As the expedition progresses, there is also a mounting sense of tension as attainment of the final goal also spells the end of the adventure. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH is a compelling account of one journey and Fiennes' drive to push himself to ever further extremes.
一个没有背景,没有钱,只有满腔热血的旅行狂人,用了半个世纪完成两个伟大的目标.第一,他创下开车环球距离最长的世界纪录,途中曾经误入地雷区,在哥斯大黎加死亡峰发生严重意外 ...
This is not the Grant of his highly-regarded autobiography. He is more relaxed, more casual, and talks more of people than events. This is a Ulysses S. Grant you probably haven't seen before.
本书作者的二十五岁,透过三百多个日子的出走,纪录了世界五大洲二十五个国家不同职业,不同背景,不同肤色,不同性向,不同信仰的同龄年轻人,倾听他们对于人生,对于社会,对于梦想 ...
Voyage d'une famille autour du monde (À bord de son yacht "Le Sunbeam")
The story of Enrique, a young slave who traveled around the world with his master, Ferdinand Magellan, during the first quarter of the sixteenth century.
"Phileas Fogg bets his fortune he can travel across the globe in eighty days.
Philleas Fogg, un excéntrico millonario, ha ofrecido la mitad de su fortuna si es incapaz de darle la vuelta al planeta en ochenta días.
Wind Shadow West
'Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions.
Included in this book is Dampier's journal of his voyage in the South Seas from 1681 to 1691, complete with his annotations and illustrations, published here for the first time.