Incredible journeys
Subtitle: the stories behind 60 remarkable adventures over land, sea and air
By: Thomas Cussans ; foreword by Sir Chay Blyth
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781843404019
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Explorers; History
Description: Divided into six chapters - air and space, ice and snow, wind and water, great escapers, imperialists and adventurers, survivors, this book takes an account of various journeys and recounts what happened to these intrepid travellers in those journeys.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Air & space (from the Wright Brothers to the moon landings); title: Ice & snow (from the world's coldest and highest regions; title: polar exploration to Everest); title: Wind & water (from sailing the world to exploring the deepest oceans, and racing single-handed); title: Imperialists & adventurers (adventures on sea and land); title: Escapers (remarkable journeys sparked by the desire for freedom); title: Survivors (from Shackleton's Antarctic to Apollo 13, USS Indianapolis to Andean plane crash).