Expedition : adventures into undiscovered worlds /
by Backshall, Stephen [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : BBC Books, 2019Description: xvi, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785943652 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 910.4092 BACSubject(s): Backshall, Stephen -- Travel | Adventure and adventurers | Travel and Tourism | Travel and TourismSummary: There are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it's the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world's longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of the limits of human endeavour. Accompanying a major 10-part series on BBC and Dave, 'Expedition' is a breathtaking journey into the unknown.
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| 910.4 GIL A.A. Gill is further away: helping with enquiries | 910.4 MOR Not Quite Lost : | 910.4 PIL More moaning : the enlightened one returns / | 910.4092 BAC Expedition : adventures into undiscovered worlds / | 910.4092 BRY The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid | 910.45 BON Bon voyage!: the Telegraph book of river and sea journeys | 910.9163 BAR Titanic: a night remembered |
TV tie-in.
Includes index.
There are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it's the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world's longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of the limits of human endeavour. Accompanying a major 10-part series on BBC and Dave, 'Expedition' is a breathtaking journey into the unknown.
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