Across The Top Of The World

Author : James Delgado
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926706535

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The centuries-long quest for the fabled Northwest Passage rivals the story of Antarctic exploration for heroism, drama, and tragedy. Expedition after expedition set off in search of a sea route connecting Europe with Asia's riches; each expedition suffered extreme hardship and ended in defeat, until Roald Amundsen finally succeeded in 1903-06. Across the Top of the World brings this incredible saga to life through exhaustive research, grim firsthand accounts, and hundreds of dramatic images. Paintings, engravings, and photos of the intrepid men and their ships, as well as of relics and archaeological sites, provide a poignant and compelling link with the past, while landscapes and seascapes of the harsh yet beautiful Arctic illustrate the challenges that faced explorers. Covering all the major expeditions in detail, and written with passion and authority, this book is both a scholarly reference and an eminently readable history of Arctic exploration.

Author : United States. Office of Naval Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113791581

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Across the Top of the World by United States. Office of Naval Research Pdf

Author : Eric Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135955588

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War at the Top of the World by Eric Margolis Pdf

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Wally Herbert
Publisher : London, Longmans
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012919422

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Leader's narrative of first surface crossing of Arctic Ocean from Alaska to Spitzbergen, 21 February 1968 to 29 May 1969.

Author : Anthony Caine
Publisher : TAC Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780578276939

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ONE DAY BEYOND THE TOP OF THE WORLD by Anthony Caine Pdf

After leading successful hedge fund companies for twenty years, Anthony "Tac" Caine experienced the most extreme business catastrophe imaginable. Hedge fund companies managed by Tac Caine with a twenty-year successful track record collapsed in only two days, resulting in losses exceeding $1 billion. In the midst of managing an onslaught of legal and business challenges, Tac realized he needed more. He needed a big, positive goal, something to shoot for that would motivate him. And there's nothing bigger than Mt. Everest. With humility, humor and emotion in a page-turner story, One Day Beyond the Top of the World captures the full Mt. Everest experience. Come alongside for the entire seven-week Everest expedition from training, trekking, acclimatization, living above 17,000 feet at Everest Base Camp, the full cultural immersion of the Khumbu Valley, and finally climbing each step from Everest Base Camp to the highest point in the world. There are failures, successes, anxieties and elation on the journey, and you will discover how Mt. Everest can draw tears from even the strongest climbers. And, you will see how a Sherpa guide can evolve into a lifelong friend. Happy and successful people are driven by planning-then executing -their next big goal. We should always be metaphorically looking One Day Beyond the Top of the World to set the next meaningful goal. What is the Everest in your life? Let Tac Caine's adventure guide you to reach your own summit!

Author : Graeme Dingle,Peter Hillary
Publisher : Salem House Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Himalaya Mountains
ISBN : 0340362022

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First Across the Roof of the World by Graeme Dingle,Peter Hillary Pdf

Author : Will Steger,Jon Bowermaster
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613194144

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Over the Top of the World by Will Steger,Jon Bowermaster Pdf

Author : Percy Thomas Etherton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : YALE:39002060501716

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Across the Roof of the World by Percy Thomas Etherton Pdf

Author : Basak Tanulku,Simone Pekelsma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781040001288

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Liminality, Transgression and Space Across the World by Basak Tanulku,Simone Pekelsma Pdf

This book analyses various forms of liminality and transgression in different geographies and demonstrates how and why various physical and symbolic boundaries create liminality and transgression. Its focus is on comprehending the ways in which these borders and boundaries generate liminality and transgression rather than viewing them solely as issues. It provides case studies from the past and present, allowing readers to connect subjects, periods, and geographies. It consists of theoretical and empirical chapters that demonstrate how borders and liminality are interconnected. The book also benefits from the power of several visual essays by artists to complete the theoretical and empirical chapters which demonstrate different forms of liminality without need of much words. The book will be of interest to researchers and students working in the fields of urban and rural studies, urban sociology, cities and communities, urban and regional planning, urban anthropology, political science, migration studies, human geography, cultural geography, urban anthropology, and visual arts.

Author : Don Starkell
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780771082658

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Paddle to the Arctic by Don Starkell Pdf

After his astounding 12,000-mile canoe trip from Winnipeg down to the Amazon (recounted in his bestseller Paddle to the Amazon on page 48), Don Starkell decided to paddle a kayak from Hudson Bay 3,000 miles through the Northwest Passage. This is Don's diary of this journey from Churchill, Manitoba, to Tuktoyaktuk, close to Alaska, a voyage by kayak (paddled on water or dragged on a sled over the ice) that took him three Arctic summers and almost cost him his life. Through this compelling book we find ourselves sharing his blazing, driving determination to reach his goal, as he closes in on his destination, with his supplies running out and his ocean highway freezing over, making death a near certainty. Armchair travel at its best.

Author : Tom Roston
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781683356936

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The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World by Tom Roston Pdf

An “engrossing” history of the restaurant atop the World Trade Center “that ruled the New York City skyline from April 1976 until September 11, 2001” (Booklist, starred review). In the 1970s, New York City was plagued by crime, filth, and an ineffective government. The city was falling apart, and even the newly constructed World Trade Center threatened to be a fiasco. But in April 1976, a quarter-mile up on the 107th floor of the North Tower, a new restaurant called Windows on the World opened its doors—a glittering sign that New York wasn’t done just yet. In The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World, journalist Tom Roston tells the complete history of this incredible restaurant, from its stunning $14-million opening to 9/11 and its tragic end. There are stories of the people behind it, such as Joe Baum, the celebrated restaurateur, who was said to be the only man who could outspend an unlimited budget; the well-tipped waiters; and the cavalcade of famous guests as well as everyday people celebrating the key moments in their lives. Roston also charts the changes in American food, from baroque and theatrical to locally sourced and organic. Built on nearly 150 original interviews, The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World is the story of New York City’s restaurant culture and the quintessential American drive to succeed. “Roston also digs deeply into the history of New York restaurants, and how Windows on the World was shaped by the politics and social conditions of its era.” —The New York Times “The city’s premier celebration venue, deeply woven into its social, culinary and business fabrics, deserved a proper history. Roston delivers it with power, detail, humor and heartbreak to spare.” ?New York Post “A rich, complex account.” ?Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : John Feffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1786808552

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Right Across the World by John Feffer Pdf

"In a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power. Significantly more than half the world's population currently lives under some form of right-wing populist or authoritarian rule. Today's autocrats are, at first glance, a diverse band of brothers. But religious, economic, social and environmental differences aside, there is one thing that unites them - their hatred of the liberal, globalised world. This unity is their strength, and through control of government, civil society and the digital world they are working together across borders to stamp out the left. In comparison, the liberal left commands only a few disconnected islands - Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and Uruguay. So far they have been on the defensive, campaigning on local issues in their own countries. This narrow focus underestimates the resilience and global connectivity of the right. In this book, John Feffer speaks to the world's leading activists to show how international leftist campaigns must come together if they are to combat the rising tide of the right. A global Green New Deal, progressive trans-European movements, grassroots campaigning on international issues with new and improved language and storytelling are all needed if we are to pull the planet back from the edge of catastrophe. This book is both a warning and an inspiration to activists terrified by the strengthening wall of far-right power."--

Author : Patrick Lo,Rebekah Okpoti,Wei-En Hsu,Hermina G.B. Anghelescu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527562509

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Stop the War! Performing Artists Across the World Call for Peace in Ukraine by Patrick Lo,Rebekah Okpoti,Wei-En Hsu,Hermina G.B. Anghelescu Pdf

This book explores the role of musicians in the call for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As Russia’s unprecedented invasion of Ukraine progresses, musicians there, and around the world, join talents in concerts to voice their protest and show solidarity against the universally condemned conflict. They play and sing for peace, calling for solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Performing artists have been at the forefront of a global response to express outrage against the Russian invasion. Benefit concerts seek to raise funds to be directed toward the humanitarian crisis that has affected the daily lives of innocent people, including hundreds of thousands of orphaned and wounded children. Artists-activists come together to praise Ukrainians’ struggle for self-determination, democracy, and freedom with music performances and engage in opportunities to use their platform to assist those affected by the conflict, calling for an immediate end to the war.

Author : Sanja Kutnjak Ivković,M.R. Haberfeld
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781493922796

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Measuring Police Integrity Across the World by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković,M.R. Haberfeld Pdf

This book brings together research on police integrity on regions worldwide. The results for each country indicate whether police officers know the official rules, how seriously they view police misconduct, what they think the appropriate and expected discipline for misconduct should be, and how willing they are to report it. Police misconduct refers to everything from corruption and use excessive force, to perjury, falsification of evidence, and failure to react. Police Integrity and police misconduct are topics of great concern worldwide. Police integrity is envisioned as the inclination to resist temptations to abuse the rights and privileges of police occupation. Using their extensive experience studying police integrity in the United States, the editors have created an applicable framework for measuring police integrity in other countries. The results of their research are brought together in this timely volume, including contributions from both established democracies and countries in transition, which each present unique challenges for improving police integrity. Each chapter follows the same format and contains a theoretical analysis of the relevant legal, historical, political, social, and economic conditions in the country, followed by the analyses of empirical results and policy recommendations. In the last chapter, editors Kutnjak Ivković and Haberfeld take a comparative look across the countries by engaging in the in-depth comparative analysis. This work will be of interest to researchers and policy-makers studying policing both in the United States and internationally, presenting a theoretical framework that can be applied to other regions for further research.

Author : Gerry Bailey,Karen Foster
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778736881

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Marco Polo's Silk Purse by Gerry Bailey,Karen Foster Pdf

A factual biography of the traveler Marco Polo within a fictional storyline involving local merchants in a busy street market.