Blazing Ice: Pioneering the Twenty-First Century's Road to the South Pole

by John H. Wright

Book Overview

The Antarctic is the last vast terrestrial frontier. Just over a century ago, no one had ever seen the South Pole. Today odd machines and adventure skiers from many nations converge there every summer, arriving from numerous starting points on the Antarctic coast and returning some other way. But not until very recently has anyone completed a roundtrip from McMurdo Station, the U.S. support hub on the continental coast. The last man to try that perished...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612344518
• ISBN13: 9781612344515
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"