The Last Secrets The Final Mysteries of Exploration

Excerpt: 'The first two decades of the twentieth century will rank as a most distinguished era in the history of exploration, for during them many of the great geographical riddles of the world have been solved. This book contains a record of some of the main achievements. What Nansen said of Polar exploration is true of all exploration; its story is a 'mighty manifestation of the power of the Unk...