Posts Tagged ‘ Explorers ’

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

September 27, 2010
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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition This new edition of Frozen in Time expands on the history of early British Arctic exploration and places the tragically fated Franklin expedition in the context of other expeditions of the era, including those commanded by George Back and James Clark Ross, which also suffered...
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Tags: Arctic Exploration, Era, Exhumations, Expedition, Expeditions, Explorers, Fate, Franklin, Franklin Expedition, Frozen, James Clark Ross, Losses, Mystery Illness, New Edition, Photographs, Time
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White Waters and Black Reviews

September 5, 2010
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White Waters and Black Reviews

White Waters and Black With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight “Eminent Scientificos” as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and “dangerous savages.” A combination of Twain’s The Innocents Abroad and a...
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Tags: Absurdities, Amazon, Black, Black White, Explorers, Gordon Maccreagh, Honest Accounts, Innocents, Malaria, Monkey, Reviews, Savages, Waters, White, White Waters, Wicked Eye
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Running the Amazon (Adventure Library)

August 13, 2010
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Running the Amazon (Adventure Library)

Running the Amazon (Adventure Library) In 1986 a party of 12 explorers attempted to travel the full length of the Amazon. Joe Kane’s original role was as a writer and observer but he ended up as one of the only two members of the original group to complete the entire journey, the only expedition...
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Tags: Adventure, Adventure Library, Amazon, Amazon Adventure, Amazon River, Andes, Atlantic Ocean, Deepest Canyons, Explorers, Full Length, Joe Kane, Journey, Kayak, Library, Members, Original Group, Raft, Running, Running The Amazon, Travel
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