North Pole

Name: North Pole - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780241999646
Price: 320.00 ZAR
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Erling Kagge, Kari Dickson

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'Extraordinary' ANNE APPLEBAUM
'Thrilling . . . a record of an infatuation' TELEGRAPH
'The book of a lifetime' ELIF SHAFAK
'The North Pole proves to be the perfect subject for him' MICHAEL PALIN
'Heart-catching . . . fabulous' OBSERVER
'A beautiful book' ALAIN DE BOTTON

The epic adventure story of the North Pole - its transcendent beauty and dangerous appeal - from Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge who travelled there in 1990

Foot-stepping alongside Erling Kagge, we hear the story of the North Pole as never told before. From Herodotus, who first wondered what the northernmost point of our planet might be like, to the intrepid early cartographers who mapped our world, and the legendary expeditions led by...

About the Author

Erling Kagge

Explorer, lawyer, art collector, publisher, and author, ERLING KAGGE is the first person to have completed the Three Poles Challenge on foot—the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest. He has written six previous books on exploration, philosophy, and art collecting, and runs Kagge Forlag, a publishing company based in Oslo, where he lives.