Into The Abyss. Explorers On The Edge Of Survival

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 274 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations? And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do they find the resources to survive?In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a series of tales from his own experience as well as that of other explorers including Columbus, Cortez, Scott, Shakelton, Stanley, Livingstone and their modern counterparts: Joe Simpson and Ranulf Fiennes.

ISBN: 9780571223947