Great 20th century expeditions

The story of Earhart's life, with special emphasis on her aviation career and mysterious disappearance.

Text and photographs recount the race between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen to be the first explorers to reach the South Pole, describing Scott's journey in detail, including his death from exhaustion and exposure.

Text and photographs provide an account of the voyage from Peru to Polynesia made by Thor Heyerdahl and his crew on a balsa wood raft in 1947 in an attempt to test certain theories about the migration of ancient peoples.

Photographs and text describe the first successful climb to the top of Mount Everest and the many failed attempts made prior to the 1953 triumph.

Discusses Armstrong's walk on the moon and what it has done to help the exploration of space and the moon.