| Description |
243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
Isolated and terrifyingly cold, the South Pole is every adventurer's dream and every adventurer's nightmare. Tess and her partner Pete joined the historic South Pole Race, to compete in the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen. Nobody said it was going to be easy. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Map -- Letter of introduction -- Antarctic Christmas -- Unfinished business -- Heart song -- Commitment -- New life -- Impossible -- No way Norway -- Quickening of the heart -- Out on the pull -- In the lap of the gods -- Wings of the messenger -- Holding the nerve -- The Emperor -- Cape of Good Hope -- Ilyushin illusion -- Russian roulette -- Of penguins and pensioners -- March of the people -- Gathering of fear -- New Year messages -- Waiting game -- Go! -- Shining lights -- Cracking of the shell -- Egbert the ego -- Senior handicap -- Cold hands -- The struggle holds the pearl -- Warm heart -- Pulling for peace -- The end -- And beyond -- Peace messages. |
| Subject |
Burrows, Tess, 1948-
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Biography.
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South Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Biography.
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Antarctica. (OCoLC)fst01239992
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Antarctica -- South Pole.
(OCoLC)fst01244537
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
9781903070789 |
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1903070783 |
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