Race to the Pole: Conquering Antarctica in the world's toughest endurance race - Softcover

Fogle, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330512900 ISBN 13: 9780330512909

Publisher: Pan, 2010

Synopsis

New Year's Day, 2009. Somewhere on the bottom of the world, six teams of adventurers and explorers have gathered to race one another, on foot, to the South Pole. It is the first time that anyone has undertaken such a race in almost a hundred years; the first time since the great Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, beat Captain Scott to the same goal in 1911.

The stakes are high, as double-Olympic Gold-winning medallist James Cracknell and TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle must contend with hidden crevasses, frostbite and the favourites to win: a team of teak-hard former soldiers from Norway, trained in Arctic warfare. Temperatures as low as minus 45 degrees Celsius lie in store for the teams as they attempt to ski across 800 kilometres of unforgiving, icy wilderness, pulling behind them sledges laden with equipment, tents and food.

Race to the Pole is a rip-roaring 'boy's own' adventure packed with excitement, humour and even a few tears. But with just a few months to learn to cross-country ski before the start, and with national pride at stake, can Ben and James re-write history and beat the Norwegians?

About this title

Review:

'A great escapade told with refreshing frankness.' --Independent on Sunday

Book Description:

A very British adventure: the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen, 100 years ago

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0330512900
• ISBN 13: 9780330512909
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352