Safe Return Doubtful: The Heroic Age Of Polar Exploration

Until the early twentieth century, the north and south polar regions remained unknowns, shrouded in white wilderness; the mystery demanded resolution, and the feat of reaching the poles would guarantee immortality.

This book by renowned marine historian John Maxtone-Graham, tells the exciting story of the exploits of the polar explorers, who overcame fearsome odds and horrendous conditions. Neither radio nor aircraft had been invented; there was no nylon, no vitamins, and the food was often so primitively preserved as to be poisonous. The men camped overnight in subzero agony, their sweat-soaked furs frozen the moment they stopped.

Safe Return Doubtful covers every aspect of the polar game: ships, sledges, primus stoves, animals, rations, frostbite, scurvy, and, always, these remarkable men and their dogged search for polar immortality

• Author
• John Maxtone-Graham

• Format
• paperback

• Publisher
• Constable

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-09-480330-5

• EAN
• 9780094803305

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 2000