Ranulph Fiennes

Cold

Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth

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Produktbeschreibung

Britain's most famous explorer and bestselling author's new book on extreme cold.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781471127847
• ISBN-10: 1471127842
• Artikelnr.: 39751009

Autorenporträt

Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, after joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that  country's Bravery Medal on active service in 1971. He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions. Fiennes has led over thirty expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth, and in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the British Heart Foundation. In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over £14 million for charity. He was named Best Sportsman in the 2007 ITV Great Briton Awards and in 2009 he became the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest.

Rezensionen

"Despite all he has suffered, Fiennes's love for the coldest parts of the world remains undimmed and the book is also a powerful plea to stop the climate change that threatens them." THE SUNDAY TIMES

"He personifies, as this book testifies, the indomitability of the human spirit and the belief that anything is possible." THE INDEPENDENT