Off the Map
Subtitle: Tales of Endurance and Exploration
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: August 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780871138996
Subjects: History - General History; Explorers; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; History; Expeditions & Discoveries; Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers; Biography / Autobiography; Adventurers & Explorers; Discoveries in geography
First sentence: Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the 20th-century author and explorer, famously described exploration as a meaningless pursuit.