The North Pole
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Krátky popis
‘Extraordinary . . .an elegant travel account, a learned history
and a psychological thriller wrapped in one’ ANNE APPLEBAUM‘Erling
Kagge is a deeply thoughtful writer . . .The North Pole proves to
be the perfect subject for him’ MICHAEL PALIN‘The book of a
lifetime, from a rare writer-adventurer whose obsession and passion
for his subject know no bounds’ ELIF SHAFAK‘A beautiful book’ ALAIN
DE BOTTONThroughout recorded human time, few places on Earth have
inspired as much fascination as the North Pole. This is an
otherworldly place where the sun rises and stays aloft for six
whole months before setting, plunging the expanse of ice and water
into darkness for half a year. Foot-stepping alongside Erling
Kagge, who ventured to the North Pole in the spring of 1990, we
hear the story of the North Pole as never told before.From
Herodotus who first wondered what the northernmost point of our
planet might be like, to the intrepid early cartographers who
mapped the world, and the legendary expeditions led by Fridtjof
Nansen and Robert Peary – the first polar explorer global
celebrities – who were in the grip of a dangerous obsession to get
to the North Pole first. What emerges is a new history of the
world, spanning thousands of years, as seen from the
‘silver-shining vacantness’ of the North Pole. Blending memories
from Kagge’s own 1990 trip with this epic history, The North Pole
is an adventure story, a book about enacting hidden human dreams,
about difficult fathers and their difficult sons, and a
psychological record of what it means to keep putting one foot in
front of the other in the face of adversity.It is for anyone who’s
gazed out at the horizon – and wondered what happens if you just
keep walking. 'As an explorer Erling Kagge is world class, as a
writer he is equally gifted’ SIR RANULPH FIENNES
Výber kníh autorov
Kagge Erling ,
Penguin Books Ltd
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Kagge Erling,
Penguin Books Ltd
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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