Author: FIENNES, RANULPH
Title: The Headless Valley
Description: London: The Travel Book Club, 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf wear. Prev. owner's name on front DJ flap. ; DJ in mylar. A tight solid book. ; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages; The account of four Welshmen and their exploratory journey through the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, including a journey down the South Nahanni River and through Headless Valley. "Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer. Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists." Wikipedia. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: British Columbia Exploratation Nahanni Northwest territories History::Canada EXPLORATION
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Title: The Headless Valley
Description: London: The Travel Book Club, 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelf wear. Prev. owner's name on front DJ flap. ; DJ in mylar. A tight solid book. ; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages; The account of four Welshmen and their exploratory journey through the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, including a journey down the South Nahanni River and through Headless Valley. "Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer. Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists." Wikipedia. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: British Columbia Exploratation Nahanni Northwest territories History::Canada EXPLORATION
Price: US$ 15.95 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 18086
- Book number: 18086
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