Off the Map
Subtitle: Tales of Endurance and Exploration
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: June 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780802142726
Subjects: History - General History; Expeditions & Discoveries; Description And Travel; Discovery And Exploration (General); Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; General; Adventurers & Explorers; Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers; Essays & Travelogues
First sentence: Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the 20th-century author and explorer, famously described exploration as a meaningless pursuit.