Cold: Extreme Adventures At The Lowest Temperatures On Earth By Sir
Ranulph Fiennes (Paperback, 2014)

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There are only few human beings who can adapt survive & thrive in the coldest regions on earth & below a certain temperature death is inevitable Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent much of his life exploring & working in conditions of extreme cold The loss of many of his fingers to frostbite is a testament to the horrors man is exposed to at such perilous temperatures With the many adventures he has led over the past 40 years testing his limits of endurance to the maximum he deservedly holds the title of 'the world's greatest explorer' Despite our technological advances the Arctic the Antarctic & the highest mountains on earth remain some of the most dangerous & unexplored areas of the world This remarkable book reveals the chequered history of man's attempts to discover & understand these remote areas of the planet from the early voyages of discovery of Cook Ross Weddell Amundsen Shackleton & Franklin to Sir Ranulph's own extraordinary feats; from his adventuring apprenticeship on the Greenland Ice Cap to masterminding over the past five years the first crossing of the Antarctic during winter where temperatures regularly plummeted to minus 92C Both historically questioning & intensely personal Cold is a celebration of a life dedicated to researching & exploring some of the most hostile & brutally cold places on earth