Polar Extremes: The World of Lincoln Ellsworth
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1889963437 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A rousing and true biographical account Polar Extremes: The World Of Lincoln Ellsworth is the historic and engagingly written saga of Lincoln Ellsworth's impressive and hazardous struggle to make aviation history by flying over the earth's Poles. From his 1926 attempt to fly across the North Pole in a dirigible, to flying his custom-made plane over Antarctica in 1935 and discovering a mountain range now called the Ellsworths, Polar Extremes is a compelling biography of a daring and adventures life driven by death-defying passions. Polar Extremes is highly recommended as a rousing and true bi. Informative Biography of an American Polar Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth deserves a thoroughly researched and well presented biography as his contributions to polar exploration and "firsts" in the early 20th century of aviation should be recognized. This author personally knew Lincoln Ellsworth and in some instances accompanied the explorer on adventures. The book is essentially a first hand account of Ellsworth's travels in the Arctic and Antarctic as this author compiles information and personal recollections from diaries, letters and interviews. If you have a specialized interest in the history of polar. Reviewed by proxy I ordered this book for my husband and he greatly enjoyed it. He stated that the author also had an interesting life. A review is already posted on Amazon.
. Beekman Pool has given us a fascinating and detailed portrait of one of America's greatest polar explorers, a man who was simultaneously a pioneer of high-latitutde aviation
In 1935, he flew in his own custom-made plane over Antarctica and discovered the mountain range now called the Ellsworths.A meticulously researched history and an adventure story fraught with life and death drama, the book is also a rich biographical portrait. For all his competitive zeal in traveling across forbidding ice, Ellsworth also sought nature's beauty far away from his father's world of finance and luxurious leisure.An exciting book for any reader in search of adventure, Polar Extremes is also a valuable refer