Buy this book on-line Fiennes, Ranulph : Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic ContinentDelacorte Press, New York, 1993 ISBN 0385312164
322pp. B&W Illustrations The Pentland South Pole Expedition (1992-1993), 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Fiennes, Ranulph : Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. FIENNES**, RANULPH: : MIND OVER MATTER: THE EPIC CROSSING OF THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENTLONDON.SINCLAIR-STEVENSON,1993. ISBN 1856193756.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with blue+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some minor,minimal,superficial scoring/indents to dw/dj,but without adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - top two corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black+blue map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,1-326pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,32pp contemporary colour photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp54/5 and pp262/3 respectively,12 b/w maps+ diagrams interspersed throughout the text and book,Appendices (2),relevant data,a Glossary, Source notes and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table with Acknowledgements+Photograph Credits to it's reverse,list of Maps+diagrams,and a HRH Prince Charles facsimile typewritten letter from St James's Palace.
On 9 November 1992 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Michael Stroud set out from the Filchner Ice Shelf to attempt the first unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent.
It was to be a journey of epic proportions,and one that was to capture the imagination of the entire world.
For ninety-seven days the two men fought pain, starvation and snowblindness,dragging 500-pound sledges across the frozen roof of the world.They plunged into cavernous crevasses,struggled through bitter blizzards,and raced against the onset of ferocious winter.
Equipment failure and injury dogged them.They suffered gangrene and suppurating pressure sores,and hypothermia very nearly claimed their lives long before they reached the South Pole. Friendship between them turned first to tension and frustration,and then to mutual hatred.
Yet through all of this their will to succeed endured and when they were finally airlifted out,"more dead than alive",they had completed by far the longest unsupported journey in Polar history.
It was the most extraordinary journey in the world.
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