At the Mercy of the WindsAT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS tells the extraordinary stories of both journeys. Featuring up-to-the-minute drama from David's own expediton and original photographs and documents from the Swedish voyage, it is the ultimate adventure book as, alone in the skies above a frozen and harshly beautiful landscape, David battled against the elements to fulfil the drama of three Swedith explorers a century earlier, and become the first man to balloon to the North Pole. |
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Prologue | 1 |
the Canadian High Arctic 1 April 1998 | 7 |
London England 29 July 1895 | 28 |
Copyright | |
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