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Heroic or hapless? – a revisionist’s view.
For nearly a century, the lions of Antarctic exploration have been cited as examples of heroism at its best. When in a crisis, invoking the names of the secular saints Shackleton, Scott and Mawson...
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Adrian Raeside dropped by today.
Adrian Raeside Adrian Raeside dropped by the office today. He is on a cross Canada publicity tour for his wonderful book – Return to Antarctica. He graciously took time to sign the copies of his book...
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ReTweet Competition
Check it out on Twitter – Quark Expedition is the search word. You could win an autographed copy of Adrian Raeside’s newest book: Return to Antarctica.Posted in Adventure Travel, Antarctica, Travel...
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Race for the South Pole
In 1911, Amundsen and Scott were racing toward the South Pole, hoping to become the first man to reach one of the last firsts left on the planet. A century later there is another race unfolding, one...
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Remainder Bins – From Pole to Pole
I visited an English bookshop a short while ago, and was gobsmacked to find an entire section devoted to polar books. Not a shelf, or a subsection under history…but a separate section 10 feet high and...
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