Polar fleece, titanium, and GPS have forever changed the face of exploration. Today an explorer can make a phone call from the top of Mount Everest and geo-locate himself in the thickest rain forest or the widest desert.
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Alongside noteworthy names like Amelia Earhart, and Teddy Roosevelt, other less famous travelers take us on long-forgotten trips to places few Americans had gone.

Product details

ISBN
9781426200441
Published
2004
Publisher
Vendor
National Geographic Society
Height
228 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
01, G
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
464

Author

Biographical note

Mark Jenkins is a journalist and the author of several health books, including the Sports Medicine Bible, and is a consultant to the Harvard Medical School system.