In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies ...
Features accounts of real-life adventurers and survivors who have demonstrated courage and resolve while often risking their lives to achieve a great feat, from crossing the Northwest Passage to flying solo around the world in a balloon.
Along the way, Levison Wood shares his own insights into adventuring, telling you what it's REALLY like to follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great.
Linked to a BBC1 television series, this book follows each of six animals which make epic journeys on land, through the air and beneath oceans.
With insightful text from Thomas Cussans, and fantastic images from the breathtaking summits to the perilous high seas, this book will truly inspire.