The Polar World: The Unique Vision of Sir Wally Herbert - Hardcover
This unique book captures the spirit of the polar world, as never seen before through the eyes of a man who was the bridge between the heroic age of exploration and modern adventure; a visionary who learned the art of survival from the Polar Inuit. This superb collection of Sir Wally s paintings, together with personal anecdotes of his experiences and his connection with the polar pioneers of the past, make this book a vital contribution to polar literature. Sir Wally was described as 'the greatest explorer of our time' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes; a 'phenomenon' according to Lord Shackleton, and one of the 'icons' of the 20th Century. The Polar World is not only a celebration of polar life and landscape rarely visited by man, but it is also a journey into the very heart of the polar pioneer.
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One of the last explorers of the Heroic Age, Sir Wally Herbert spent 50 years retracing the routes of the pioneers in both Arctic and Antarctic. The Polar World includes memoirs of his experiences, with insights into the polar wilds which he learned both from the explorers he knew personally and from his regular travels with the Polar Inuit of Northwest Greenland. These reminiscences are complemented by many of Herbert's own paintings of polar landscapes and fellow-adventurers.
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'This is the sumptuous polar coffee table book par excellence ... printed in a lavish, almost luxurious, style that is rare nowadays' --Polar Record
'Coffee table books seldom come more impressive than this one ... Buy the book a record of the life and times of the last truly great Polar Explorer'. --Alpine Club Review
'A vastly important book about these extraordinary regions of the world ... The Polar World stands as a magnificent epitaph to a genuine explorer and great man of the modern age.' --Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'Coffee table books seldom come more impressive than this one ... Buy the book a record of the life and times of the last truly great Polar Explorer'. --Alpine Club Review
'A vastly important book about these extraordinary regions of the world ... The Polar World stands as a magnificent epitaph to a genuine explorer and great man of the modern age.' --Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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- PublisherPolarworld
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0955525519
- ISBN 13 9780955525513
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
- EditorKari Herbert
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