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Journey to the ends of the earth with Captaine Thomas James. This harrowing account details James' attempt to navigate the treacherous waters of the Northwest Passage, and the incredible hardships he and his crew endured along the way.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This nonfiction account chronicles the ill-fated expedition of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916. Led by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the expedition aimed to study the geography and wildlife of the Arctic. However, the crew faced numerous challenges, including harsh weather, dwindling supplies, and the loss of their ship, the Karluk. Bartlett and Hale provide a detailed and suspenseful narrative of the crew's struggle for survival in the Arctic wilderness.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This vivid firsthand account documents one of the greatest journeys of exploration in American history. In 1823, a team of intrepid adventurers set out to chart the unexplored wilderness of the western territories, facing untold dangers along the way. Keating's thrilling narrative captures the excitement and drama of their expedition, and offers a unique glimpse into a vanished world.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

5.000 Kilometer durch Amerika - Tim Voors nimmt uns mit auf die einzigartige Wanderung entlang des Continental Divide Trail.Als längster Fernwanderweg, der durch ein einziges Land führt, steht der CDT auf der Wunschliste jedes ambitionierten Wanderers. Bekannt für seine Schönheit und gleichzeitige Unberechenbarkeit ist der CDT ein Ausdauertest, der Vielseitigkeit und Anpassungsfähigkeit an die Launen der Natur abverlangt. Jedes Jahr machen sich nur wenige auf, um dieses Ziel tatsächlich zu erreichen. Tim Voors war 2022 einer von ihnen. Im Alter von 50 Jahren hat er die Strecke in unter fünf Monaten zurückgelegt und damit nach dem Pacific Crest Trail, auf dem wir ihn in dem mit gestalten veröffentlichten Allein begleiten konnten, den zweiten der drei Triple-Crown-Wege begangen. Sieben Millionen Schritte und die 15-fache Anzahl der Höhenmeter, die es braucht, um den Mount Everest zu besteigen, sind nur zwei Zahlen, die versuchen, diese Herausforderung fassbar zu machen.The Great Divide ist mehr als nur eine Geschichte - es ist eine Einladung, eigene Grenzen zu erkunden und das Unbekannte zu umarmen.

"Equal parts The Right Stuff and The Boys in the Boat, [this book] tells the unbelievable history of the 1924 race to circumnavigate the globe for the first time by air, a nail-biting contest that pitted underdog US pilots against their better-funded European rivals, created technology that changed aviation, and convinced America that its future was in the sky"--

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Ce roman ne peut être que le souvenir d'un jeune homme à peine sortie de l'adolescence, marin de la marine nationale.Il relate de cette histoire un court moment de sa vie, un passage de l'existence, fabuleuse, féérique et mortelle où se mélange la découverte, la joie, le bonheur, la peine, le dégoût, l'alcoolisme, la folie, la mort, la contamination et puis... ! Et puis ces long mensonges, le rejet se son être et de sa nationalité, de ces amis aux vies écourtées, de ces douleur supportées.Une cinquantaine d'années se sont passées. Dans un déni encore présent, les souvenirs se sont quelques peu émoussés, les dates et les lieux peuvent être légèrement altérés, ou bien divergents, mais le fil rouge du vécu reste présent, ancré au plus profond de son être.

It's early 1939. The nineteen-year-old son of a local schoolmaster graduates Dundee Wireless College and sets off on a gruelling six-month Antarctic Whaling Expedition. It barely prepares him for what comes next. On the North Atlantic Convoys, he faces