Into the Abyss
Author: Benedict Allen
Format: Paperback, 130mm x 200mm, 250g, 304 pages
Published: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2007
Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations? And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do they find the resources to survive? In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a series of tales from Cortez, Scott, Shackleton, Stanley, Livingstone and their modern counterparts: Joe Simpson and Ranulph Fiennes.
For the past 20 years, Benedict Allen's exploits have taken him on solo expeditions through the Amazon, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi desert. He has published accounts of his adventures, and is the editor of The Faber Book of Exploration.
Author: Benedict Allen
Format: Paperback, 130mm x 200mm, 250g, 304 pages
Published: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2007
Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations? And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do they find the resources to survive? In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a series of tales from Cortez, Scott, Shackleton, Stanley, Livingstone and their modern counterparts: Joe Simpson and Ranulph Fiennes.
For the past 20 years, Benedict Allen's exploits have taken him on solo expeditions through the Amazon, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi desert. He has published accounts of his adventures, and is the editor of The Faber Book of Exploration.