Expeditions

For Somerville this was a kind of pilgrimage, a journey unlike any he had undertaken in 20 years of travel-writing. It was an expedition where he t...

An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry A welcome contribution to polar studies. Sara Wheeler, Spectator [MacInness] handles ...

'A collection of intimate and heartfelt confessions of what love means, each with a wonderfully expressive colour portrait' Guardian 'Will restore...

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoira...

This is a book about expedition, adventure, our thirst for knowledge and pushing the limits of human endurance.From the navigational instruments th...

If I could choose a place to die, it would be in the mountains.Clouds from Both Sides is the autobiography of Julie Tullis, the first British woman...

It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British and other Europeans to ...

More than fifty expeditions across all seven continents by land, sea and air have led adventurer Neil Laughton to some of the most remote places ...

From the Los Angeles Times Book Prizewinning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwins journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evo...

Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's sh...

The British Arctic Expedition of 18756 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geo...

'Hypnotic... raises questions of exploration and wonder, of nature and humanity' New York Times Book Review'Exquisite and shocking... just as any e...

A riveting detective story Revelation follows revelation. Benedict Allen, author, explorer and TV presenterJames Fitzjames was a hero of the earl...