'Home seems impossibly far away as we step out onto a rough base of ice and snow. The temperature is -25°C. This is considered warm . . .'
Michael Palin's journey from North to South Pole sees him tackling Arctic ice floes, scaling Sudanese sand dunes and white-water rafting on the Zambezi. Pole to Pole chronicles this awe-inspiring overland adventure by train, truck, bike and Ski-Doo as Michael races against time to finally stand in Scott's shoes in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474625821
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 380 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 26 mm
Palin is the Python we all want to go abroad with - Observer
Coupled with his eye for detail, he has the diarist's willingness to try anything and to laugh at himself ... travel-writing of unpretentious charm and enjoyable originality - Independent
Brisk, fresh and makes you want to go where he has gone - Daily Telegraph
A glorious travel book. There's never a dull moment, either, in the stunning photography or the entertaining travel notes - Daily Mail
Pole to Pole isn’t a prose piece revealing a conversation between two indigenous individuals from Warsaw or Oswieçim, it’s a prose piece about a journey from the North Pole to The South Pole on a specific longitude... More
What a great book! Considering 30 years have passed since Michael Palin has undertaken this journey, it is still a very interesting and refreshing book to read. The world seemed to be a very eventful place in 1991.... More
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