To the End of the Earth: Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson
- ISBN-10
- 031255186X
- ISBN-13
- 9780312551865
- Series
- To the End of the Earth
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-17
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Tom Avery
Description
A polar explorer describes his efforts to recreate Robert Peary's 1909 dogsled journey to the North Pole, describing the hardships and dangers he and his team faced and comparing their modern journey to Peary's trip one hundred years ago.
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