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The worst journey in the world

A reprint of the 1922 manuscript in which the author relates his experiences as part of the team that set out from England in 1910 under the leadership of Robert Falcon Scott to explore the Antarctic and attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
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The silent world

2004
As co-inventor of the Aqualung, the author chronicles the early days of underwater exploration, and testing, inspection of shipwrecks, and sea caves.

The Oregon Trail

2002
Provides an account of the author's 1846 expedition into the American West.

The voyage of the Beagle

2004
Charles Darwin chronicles the five years he spent early in his career aboard the survey ship HMS "Beagle, " exploring the Southern Hemisphere, including Brazilian rain forests, the Andes, and the Gal?pagos Islands.
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