Polar Extremes: The World of Lincoln Ellsworth
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1889963437 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Beekman Pool has given us a fascinating and detailed portrait of one of America's greatest polar explorers, a man who was simultaneously a pioneer of high-latitutde aviation
A rousing and true biographical account Midwest Book Review Polar Extremes: The World Of Lincoln Ellsworth is the historic and engagingly written saga of Lincoln Ellsworth's impressive and hazardous struggle to make aviation history by flying over the earth's Poles. From his 1926 attempt to fly across the North Pole in a dirigible, to flying his custom-made plane over Antarctica in 1935 and discovering a mountain range now called the Ellsworths, Polar Extremes is a compelling biography of a daring and adventures life driven by death-defying passions. Polar Extremes is highly recommended as a rousing and true biographical account and a welcome co. "Informative Biography of an American Polar Explorer" according to Michael J. Muller. Lincoln Ellsworth deserves a thoroughly researched and well presented biography as his contributions to polar exploration and "firsts" in the early 20th century of aviation should be recognized. This author personally knew Lincoln Ellsworth and in some instances accompanied the explorer on adventures. The book is essentially a first hand account of Ellsworth's travels in the Arctic and Antarctic as this author compiles information and personal recollections from diaries, letters and interviews. If you have a specialized interest in the history of polar exploration this will be an inform. "Reviewed by proxy" according to Linda. I ordered this book for my husband and he greatly enjoyed it. He stated that the author also had an interesting life. A review is already posted on Amazon.
Pool's sweeping view of twentieth-century polar exploration by air and sea is a story of daring, courage, and camaraderie, but also of the conflict, intrigue, and cunning that bedeviled polar explorers driven to be "the first." As Pool reveals the more intimate and personal side of Ellsworth's ambitious life, we understand the title Polar Extremes as a metaphor, suggesting the stark contrasts that define the passionate but essentially lonely hero. For many years, Lincoln Ellsworth's remarkable polar expeditions and discoveries were eclipsed by those of his famous friend Roald Amundsen and their rival Admiral Byrd. In 1935, he flew in his own custom-made plane over Antarctica and discovered the mountain range now called the Ellsworths.A meticulously researched history and an adventure story fraught with life and death drama, the book is also a rich biographical portrait. As impossible at it seems today, Ellsworth's 1926 attempt to fly across the North Pole with Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile was made in a dirigible. For all his competitive zeal in traveling across forbidding ice, Ellsworth also sought nature's beauty far away from his father's world of finance and luxurious leisure.An exciting book for any reader in search of adventure, Polar Extremes is also a valuable reference for historians, scholars, and polar exploration buffs seeking a well-documented history.. In Polar Extremes, B