Five Best: Books on Quests
Selected by Robyn Davidson, the author, most recently, of ‘Unfinished Woman: A Memoir.’
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Selected by Robyn Davidson, the author, most recently, of ‘Unfinished Woman: A Memoir.’
Chimu Adventures took 200 passengers to the South Pole and back home in one day on 27 November, a first for the travel industry.
This year marks 100 years since the legendary Antarctic explorer died. But, says lawyer and author Tim Griffiths, the adventurer had his flaws which popular history chooses to overlook.
Robert Falcon Scott, British naval officer and explorer who led the famed ill-fated second expedition to reach the South Pole (1910–12). Scott joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and by 1897 had become a first lieutenant. While commanding an Antarctic expedition on the HMS Discovery (1901–04), he proved
The Endurance Expedition was a failed mission to cross the Antarctic on foot, leaving 28 explorers stranded.