Daring Exploits of the World's Greatest Adventurers.
Dizzying mountain summits, deathly dry deserts and frozen polar wastes are no place for humans. But the North and South poles, the great deserts, and Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, seem to hold a never-ending fascination for explorers.
These stories tell the adventures of those brave - or foolhardy - enough to venture into such wild, inaccessible places.