Posts Tagged ‘Exploration’

In Search of the South Pole

Published December 14th, 2011

In Search of the South Pole
In Search of the South Pole, the best book we’ve seen on polar exploration in many a year, captures the ambition, romance and thrill of adventuring in Antarctica. Kari Herbert (daughter of polar explorer Sir Wally) and husband Huw Lewis-Jones collared an international who’s who of explorers, historians, scientists and polar experts for this irresistible
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Celebrating South Pole 100

Published December 14th, 2011

Celebrating South Pole 100
Bravo, Amundsen! “And at last we reached our destination,” wrote Roald Amundsen 100 years ago on December 14, 1911 at the South Pole. The Prime Minister of Norway is already at the Pole, the King of Norway will unveil a new national monument, and “Framheim, A Village Under the Ice,” a reconstruction of Amundsen’s long-lost
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Atlas of Remote Islands

Published November 19th, 2010

Atlas of Remote Islands
Even among our absurdly well traveled customers, friends and expedition leader colleagues, we’re betting no one has been to nearly all 50 islands featured in Judith Schalansky’s beguiling collection of maps and essays. If you’ve been to more than 14, drop us a line. You might win the prize (a $100 gift certificate) and our
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Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Published November 19th, 2010

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Kindly Contributed By Geoffrey Wolff Author of The Hard Way Around “My family kept our 30-foot cutter, the Blackwing, on a mooring off the east coast of Conanicut Island. Jamestown, Rhode Island faces Newport, a couple of miles across Narragansett Bay from that legendary har bor where Joshua Slocum anchored after his pioneering solo circumnavigation
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