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Epic Expeditions By Ed Stafford

Epic Expeditions by Ed Stafford


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What does it take to survive in the unknown? Explorer and survival expert Ed Stafford captures the spirit of adventures in 25 of the greatest expeditions of all time.

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Epic Expeditions: 25 Great Explorations into the Unknown by Ed Stafford

What does it take to survive in the unknown?

Explorer and survival expert, Ed Stafford captures the spirit of adventure in 25 of the greatest expeditions of all time.

From 1864-2018, intrepid explorers blazed a trail with round-the-world records, the ascent of Everest, crossing the Australian desert by camel and kayaking the North Atlantic Ocean. They conquered mountains, deserts, jungles and seas venturing into the most remote and inhospitable climes on the planet.

Peeking inside each kit bag (including his own), Ed Stafford reveals how the great explorers achieved their awe-inspiring missions to find out more about our world, and how the equipment they carried with them determined the success or failure of their expedition.

Ed Stafford is a British explorer and the face of survival on the Discovery Channel. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person ever to walk the length of the Amazon River.

'Walking from the Pacific, over the Andes and along the entire length of the Amazon to the Atlantic is truly extraordinary ... To do all this in more than 800 continuous days with just a backpack puts Stafford's endeavour in the top league of expeditions past and present.'
Sir Ranulph Fiennes

EPIC EXPEDITIONS was first published as an illustrated, large format hardback under the title EXPEDITIONS UNPACKED: What the Great Explorers Took into the Unknown. This new paperback edition includes a black and white photograph of each explorer and a black and white illustration of their kit.

About Ed Stafford

Ed Stafford is the Guinness World Record-holding first person to walk the Amazon River. Sir Ranulph Fiennes described his expedition as being truly extraordinary... in the top league of expeditions past and present. A former British Army captain, Ed filmed and blogged his deadly journey and engaged followers all over the world for almost two and a half years. His footage was made into a Discovery Channel documentary and was sold to over 100 countries and he authored the best-selling book, 'Walking the Amazon'. Ed has gone on to film seven survival series and is now an established face of Discovery Channel and his seventh series Ed Stafford: First Man Out aired in late 2018 globally.

Table of Contents

Nellie Bly
Round the world in 72 days

Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Race to the Pole: Terra Nova expedition

Roald Amundsen
Race to the Pole: Norwegian expedition

Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett
Search for the lost city of 'Z'

Eva Dickson
First woman to cross the Sahara by car

Clarenore Stinnes
First circumnavigation of the globe by production car

Amelia Earhart
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Thor Heyerdahl
Kon-Tiki expedition

Jacques Cousteau
First underwater archaeology operation

Sir Edmund Hillary 84
Everest first ascent

Tim Slessor
London to Singapore by Land Rover

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
First solo-sailed circumnavigation of the globe

Robyn Davidson
Trek across the deserts of west Australia using camels

Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Transglobe expedition

Reinhold Messner
First ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen

Jason Lewis
First human-powered circumnavigation of the globe

Alastair Humphreys
Cycle around the world

Rune Gjeldnes
Longest solo ski journey

Ed Stafford
Walking the Amazon

Sarah Outen
London2London

Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg
First round-the-world solar flight

Fedor Konyukhov
Fastest round-the-world balloon flight

Olly Hicks and George Bullard
Greenland to Scotland by kayak

Apa Sherpa
Twenty-one Everest ascents

Laura Bingham
First team to locate the source of and navigate the Essequibo River, Guyana
















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GOR012163564
9780711259645
071125964X
Epic Expeditions: 25 Great Explorations into the Unknown by Ed Stafford
Used - Like New
Paperback
Quarto Publishing PLC
20210706
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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