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Race to the Pole: Conquering Antarctica in the world's toughest endurance race Book

Ben and James are no strangers to adventure. Apart from completing a rowing race across the Atlantic together, Ben Fogle has 160 mile marathon through the Sahara, and James Crackness recently finished a triathlon which covered 1400 miles. This book describes their gruelling expedition following in the footsteps of Captain Scott. With temperatures of -45 degree's C, the team find have the arduous task of pulling sledges loaded down with equipment across the 800 km trek of barren wilderness, having only learned to cross country ski a few months earlier. With the same sense of wanting to win, the challenge is to beat the Norwegians this time, but the task is fraught with difficulties and emotions run very high at times. Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    New Year's Day, 2009. Somewhere on the bottom of the world, six teams of adventurers and explorers have gathered to race one another, on foot, to the South Pole. It is the first time that anyone has undertaken such a race in almost a hundred years; the first time since the great Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, beat Captain Scott to the same goal in 1911. The stakes are high, as double-Olympic Gold-winning medallist James Cracknell and TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle must contend with hidden crevasses, frostbite and the favourites to win: a team of teak-hard former soldiers from Norway, trained in Arctic warfare. Temperatures as low as minus 45 degrees Celsius lie in store for the teams as they attempt to ski across 800 kilometres of unforgiving, icy wilderness, pulling behind them sledges laden with equipment, tents and food. Race to the Pole is a rip-roaring 'boy's own' adventure packed with excitement, humour and even a few tears. But with just a few months to learn to cross-country ski before the start, and with national pride at stake, can Ben and James re-write history and beat the Norwegians?

  • Blackwell

    A very British adventure: the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen, 100 years ago New Year's Day, 2009. Somewhere on the bottom of the world, six teams of adventurers and explorers have gathered to race one another, on foot...

  • Pickabook

    Ben Fogle, James Cracknell

  • 0330512900
  • 9780330512909
  • Ben Fogle, James Cracknell
  • 7 May 2010
  • Pan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
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