Author: HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, DAVID WITH UHLIG, ROBERT
Title: Walking on Thin Ice - in Pursuit of the North Pole
Description: London, Orion / Daily Telegraph. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752817973). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near fine complete dustjacket which is not price clipped. In March 1998 the author set off on a 600 mile journey which would take him into the record books as one of the most successful all rounf adventurers. Facing wind-chill down to minus 90 centigrade, he man hauled his sledge to the North Pole across the constantly shifting ice of the frozen Arctic Ocean. This completed the explorer's Grand Slam, a challenge which saw him conquer the North and South Magnetic Poles, become the first person to walk solo and unsupported to the South Pole, scale the highest mountain in each of the seven continents, including Everest. Illustrated with colour photographs. B2D. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Explorers, Grand Slam, North Pole, South Pole, Everest, Mountaineers 0752817973


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