The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration

Wilkinson, Alec

ISBN 10: 1455166618 ISBN 13: 9781455166619

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2012

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Documents the dramatic 1897 flight of a visionary Swedish explorer who attempted to discover the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, describing the formidable environmental conditions that challenged his efforts.

Biografía del autor:

Alec Wilkinson began writing for the New Yorker in 1980. Before that he was a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and before that a rock-and-roll musician. He has published nine other books--two memoirs, two collections of essays, three biographical portraits, and two pieces of reporting--most of which first appeared in the New Yorker. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lyndhurst Prize, and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1455166618
• ISBN 13: 9781455166619
• Einband: CD de audio