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Seek the Frozen Lands Irish Polar explorers 1740–1922 HB 292 PP 275 x 210 100 PHOTOS, MAPS, PAINTINGS 1903464242 $59.95 Travel / Exploration APN 9781903464243 Collins Books On TV extreme sports and survival challenges seem diminished, remote places accessible, rescue a phone call away. But polar explorers played for real, extraordinary men truly entering the unknown, out of contact and away for years at a time. High on any list of Polar explorers would be the names Crozier, McClintock, McClure and Shackleton. But how many know they were all Irish? The Frozen Lands unveils an array of Irish heroes largely unknown. With previously unpublished material and interviews with descendants this book has a cast of characters as rich as any novel. The saga begins in the eighteenth century with Arthur Dobbs who advocated the existence of the Northwest Passage and ends with the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and the burial of Shackleton in 1922 in South Georgia. Many of the names in this saga dot the maps of the frozen lands. Some left a trail of cairns and bones as they perished in their quests, others were promoted, acclaimed for bravery or achieved scientific recognition. This is truly a story of heroism, drama and tragedy. Frank Nugent is a mountaineer, explorer and expedition leader. Chairman of the Mountaineering Council of Ireland (1997–2000), he was Deputy Leader of the first and successful Irish Everest Expedition (1993), followed in the footsteps of Shackleton across South Georgia (1997), and sailed the Northwest Passage in the wake of Crozier and McClintock in a shallow-draft boat (2001). Also available: |