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Paperback. Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Few humans have evolved who can survive and thrive in the bitter cold Below a certain temperature. death is inevitable This book is about this aspect of our environment and about Sir Ranulph Fiennes own life.. experiencing the extreme cold. from his adventuring apprenticeship 40 years ago on the Greenland Ice Cap to masterminding over the past 5 years the crossing of the Antarctic during winter; the coldest journey on Earth. where temperatures will regularly plummet to minus 92 * C. Cold has altered history on many great occasions Hannibal crossed the high Alps under conditions of extreme cold;. soldiers of the mighty armies of Hitler and Napoleon died in their thousands on the frozen Russian steppes from frostbite gangrene In the past 150 years men and women have. also seen the cold as a natural challenge as adven...
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Ranulph Fiennes was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE). One of Britain's most infamous explorers, he has raised over 14million for charity and was named Best Sportsman in the 2007 ITV Great Briton Awards. In 2009 he became the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Ltd
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1471127834
- ISBN 13 9781471127830
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages496
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Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1471127834
ISBN 13: 9781471127830
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Few humans have evolved who can survive and thrive in the bitter cold. Below a certain temperature, death is inevitable. This book is about this aspect of our environment and about Sir Ranulph Fiennes' own life experiencing the extreme cold, from his adventuring apprenticeship 40 years ago on the Greenland Ice Cap to masterminding over the past 5 years the crossing of the Antarctic during winter; the 'coldest journey on Earth', where temperatures will regularly plummet to minus 92C. Cold has altered history on many great occasions. Hannibal crossed the high Alps under conditions of extreme cold; soldiers of the mighty armies of Hitler and Napoleon died in their thousands on the frozen Russian steppes from frostbite gangrene. In the past 150 years men and women have also seen the cold as a natural challenge as adventurers and explorers from all over the world have attempted to conquer the coldest regions of the globe. Today, parts of the world subject to extreme cold are the focus of intense geopolitical pressure, as President Putin claims Arctic coastal waters to be Russian, in readiness for the predicted melting of sea-ice, sending submarines to plant Russian flags on the seabed as a warning to would-be non-Russian mineral prospectors, and similar claims are made on the Antarctic. And yet a few degrees of climate change in Antarctica could easily trigger the detachment of huge ice sheets which would slide into the Southern Ocean. As sea levels rise some of the biggest coastal cities in the world would be submerged - a catastrophe that would render insignificant the most devastating of past tsunamis. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent a lifetime working in conditions of extreme cold - his frostbitten fingers are a testament to the horrors that man can experience in such temperatures, but he also knows that the life he has led owes a great deal to the cold. Both scientifically rigorous, historically questioning and intensely personal, this book is both a warning of the dangers we face with our relationship to the cold and celebration of a life lived in some of the extremist temperatures known to man. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006140664
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 488pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated covers with a tiny faint crease to lower corner of front panel- maps inside panels, foreword, col. & b/w plts. & text, afterword, appends., gloss., index. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent much of his life exploring and working in conditions of extreme cold. Both historically questioning and intensely personal, Cold is a celebration of a life dedicated to researching and exploring some of the most hostile and brutally bleak places on earth. Size: Thick Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 004272
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