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At the Mercy of the Winds: Two Remarkable Journeys to the North Pole: A Modern Hero and a Victorian Romance by David Hempleman-Adams

At the Mercy of the Winds: Two Remarkable Journeys to the North Pole: A Modern Hero and a Victorian Romance

David Hempleman-Adams

272 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

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This is the story of how David Hempleman-Adams undertook a 1600 mile journey to the North Pole by balloon in an open-air wicker basket. He revisits the trip that inspired him—an ill-fated Swedish expedition in 1897 that had a doomed love affair at...

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