June 23, 2011

Novel Destinations: Across the Top of the World

Across the Top of the World: to the North Pole by sled, balloon, airplane, and nuclear icebreaker
by David Fisher

This is a splendid book for the armchair traveler - eloquent, erudite, funny, informative and bringing to life the remarkable band of heroes, liars, visionaries, braggarts and fools who attempted to sail, sled or trek across the Pole - and often died trying.

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