My Life as an Explorer (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Roald Amundsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0282556915 ISBN 13: 9780282556914

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from My Life as an Explorer

More than that, I began at once to fit myself for this career. In Norway, in those days, there were no organized athletic sports as there _are now every where. The only sports at all were football and skiing. Although I did not like football, I went in for it as part of the task of training my body to endure hardship. But to skiing I took with perfect naturalness and intense enthusiasm. At every opportunity of freedom from school, from November to April, I went out in the open, exploring the hills and mountains which rise in every direction around Oslo, increasing my skill in traversing ice and snow and hardening my muscles for the coming great adventure.

In those days, houses were kept tightly closed in winter, so I was regarded as an innovator and some thing of a freak because I insisted on sleeping with my bedroom windows wide open, even in the bitterest weather. My mother anxiously expostulated with me about this practice. To her I explained that I liked fresh air, but of course it was really a part of my conscientious hardening process.

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About this title

Book Description:

This 1927 autobiography, in English translation, traces the career of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), the first man to traverse the North-West Passage and to reach the South Pole. In a straightforward style, Amundsen discusses the many difficulties of an expedition, from finance and planning to dealing with danger and controversy.

About the Author:

Roald Amundsen is perhaps the most famous of the Edwardian explorers after Shackleton and Scott. He was the first man to sail the North-West Passage and the first to reach the South Pole. He flew over the North Pole in a dirigible and disappeared while searching for his friend, Nobile, who had flown to the Pole in 1928 and whose airship Italia had crashed on the way back. First published in 1927, Amundsen's classic tale of adventure has been out of print for many years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0282556915
• ISBN 13: 9780282556914
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292