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Adventure literature at its best--the breathtaking story of England's heroic nineteenth-century expeditions to the Arctic, the heart of Africa, & Antarctica. Re-creating the successes & harrowing failures of the original extreme adventurers, Fergus Fleming captures the incredibly brave, & often downright insane, passion for exploration that led a band of men into situations that would humble even the bravest adventurers today.Fleming, Fergus is the author of 'Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude and Outright Lunacy' with ISBN 9780871138040 and ISBN 0871138042.
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