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To the edges of the Earth : 1909, the race for the three poles, and the climax of the age of exploration /

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world. As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration--set at the world's frozen extremes--lay...

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Main Author: Larson, Edward J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Peary, Robert E. > (Robert Edwin), > 1856-1920.
Henson, Matthew Alexander, > 1866-1955.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922.
Savoia, Luigi Amedeo di, > duca degli Abruzzi, > 1873-1933.
British Antarctic Expedition > (1907-1909)
Mountaineering expeditions > Pakistan > K2 (Mountain)
Polar regions > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century.
Himalaya Mountains > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century.
K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) > Description and travel.
Polar regions > Discovery and exploration.
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