{"product_id":"9781780332741","title":"The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExerting a magnetic pull our imaginations, the poles have been the object of many gripping first-hand accounts of exploration - literally, journeys to the ends of the earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA passport to the last wildnernesses of Earth, this is the definitive collection of first-hand accounts of polar exploration - 50 true stories of intrepid travel through the desolate and dangerous regions of both Arctic and Antarctic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Sir John Franklin's starvation trek through Alaska in 1821 and ending with Vassilli Gorshkovsky's northern expedition aboard a creaking ice-breaker in 2005, these true stories encompass every kind of triumph and disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inspired but doomed courage of Captain Scott, and the marvellous leadership of Shackleton are well known, but here are many other stories including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Bear, by Frederick A. Cook, 1908 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeeting with Polar Eskimos by Knud Rasmussen, 1932\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e By Dog-Sledge to the Top of the World, by Wally Herbert, 1968\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hell on Earth by Reinhold Messner, 1989-90\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Solo by Pen Haddow, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152326181104,"sku":"9781780332741","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780332741_p0.jpg?v=1769891216","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780332741","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}