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TO THE END OF THE EARTH
By: Tom Avery
Our Epic Journey to the North Pole and the Legend of Peary and Henson
St. Martin's Press
March 2009
On Sale: March 17, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 031255186X
EAN: 9780312551865
Hardcover
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April 2009 is the one-hundredth anniversary of perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of exploration. Did U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary and his team dogsled to the North Pole in thirty-seven days in 1909? Or, as has been challenged, was this speed impossible, and was he a cheat? In 2005, polar explorer Tom Avery and his team set out to recreate this 100-year-old journey, using the same equipment as Peary, to prove that Peary had indeed done what he had claimed and discovered the North Pole. Navigating treacherous pressure ridges, deadly channels of open water, bitterly cold temperatures, and traveling in a similar style to Pearyβs with dog teams and replica wooden sledges bound together with cord, Avery tells the story of how his team covered 413 nautical miles to the North Pole in thirty-six days and twenty-two hoursβsome four hours faster than Peary. Weaving fascinating polar exploration history with thrilling extreme adventure, this is Averyβs story of how he and his team nearly gave their lives proving Peary told the truth.
 Media BuzzGood Morning America - April 2, 2009
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