This account, based almost entirely on original sources, tells the story of an expedition that has been largely erased from public perception by the drama of Scott's second expedition a decade later. Among other discoveries, this one effectively located the lost South Magnetic Pole.
Following their dreams, a group of adventurous young men - and 1 remarkable woman - travelled west from Manitoba in 1862. The Overlanders' destination was the goldfields of the Cariboo. Their journey proved much longer and tougher than they imagined, bringing them unexpected difficulties and delays, including a shortage of food. Yet on they went.
A true story about four young friends diagnosed with breast cancer and the monthly luncheon that lifted their spirits. A celebration of friendship and of living life to the fullest, this book aims to encourage women everywhere to be proactive with their health - and realise that no-one is too young for breast cancer.
Almost everyone knows who Bill White is, though they may not know his name. Bill is the red-coated, dog-sledding Mountie who always gets his man. At least that's how it seems at first glance.
A memoir that tells the story of Holocaust survivor Jack Weiss. It is a story of his abused childhood, how a deported eleven-year old boy escaped from certain death to join his father in the middle of a war. He was deported again to the infamous Auschwitz/Bierkenau concentration camp where he was selected for forced labour.
. . . Not just another 'climber gets stuck on mountain but survives to tell the tale' book. The gripping accounts. . . are all there, but the other half of the book is all about the journey Nigel has made since. . . and his refusal to disappear into the crevasses of self pity and helplessness.--Carolyn Budding.
On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher took off from Birmingham airport seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world via both Poles in a single-engine aircraft. Her voyage to the ice was a 60,000-mile adventure in her Piper Dakota that would take her to at least 30 different countries on every single continent.
In the winter of 1897-98, three officers from the US cutter Bear set off from below the Arctic Circle with the goal of driving a herd of reindeer over 1500 miles of frozen tundra and ice to Point Barrow, Alaska. This book describes his encounter and explores the lure of risk and challenge that draws adventurers to the Arctic.
In September 2003 Andy Mouncey successfully completed the Enduroman Arch to Arc challenge. But Andy's journey was much more than simply running, swimming and cycling. This is his story.
Jonny Kennedy was an extraordinary character determined to live an ordinary life despite being born with the agonising condition Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which meant that his skin could literally fall. This is the story of his daily struggle.
Breast cancer - every woman's worst nightmare. In the dark winter months of 2005 Isa Duncan's nightmare became reality.