At the mercy of the winds
By: David Hempleman-Adams, with Robert Uhlig.
Contributors: Uhlig, Robert.
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Hempleman-Adams, David, -- 1956- -- Journeys -- North Pole.; Andrée, Salomon August, -- 1854-1897 -- Journeys -- North Pole.; Frænkel, Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand, -- 1870-1897 -- Journeys -- North Pole.; Strindberg, Nils, -- 1872-1897 -- Journeys -- North Pole.; Balloon ascensions -- Arctic regions.; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Explorers -- Sweden -- Biography.; Arctic regions -- Aerial exploration.; Arctic regions -- Description and travel.; North Pole -- Aerial exploration.; North Pole -- Description and travel.
Genres: Biography.
Description: AT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS tells the extraordinary stories of both journeys. Featuring up-to-the-minute drama from David's own expediton and original photographs and documents from the Swedish voyage, it is the ultimate adventure book as, alone in the skies above a frozen and harshly beautiful landscape, David battled against the elements to fulfil the drama of three Swedith explorers a century earlier, and become the first man to balloon to the North Pole.
Notes: Includes index.

Maps on lining papers.