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Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women Behind the World's Most Daring Explorers

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Polar Wives: The Remarkable Women Behind the World's Most Daring Explorers

Author:   Kari Herbert ,  Jon Bowermaster
Publisher:   Greystone Books
ISBN:  

9781926812625


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   10 April 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Polar explorers were the superstars of the heroic age of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In this engaging book, author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable, often heartbreaking lives of seven remarkable women who married world-famous polar explorers.
As the daughter of a pioneering polar explorer, Herbert brings a unique perspective to these stories of polar exploration. In her portraits of the gifted sculptor Kathleen Scott; eccentric traveller Jane Franklin; spirited poet Eleanor Anne Franklin; Jo Peary, the first white woman to travel and give birth in the High Arctic; talented and determined Emily Shackleton; Norwegian singer Eva Nansen; and her own mother, adventurer Marie Herbert, Karie Herbert blends deeply personal accounts of longing, betrayal, and hope with stories of peril and adventure.
Herbert illuminates the essential role the women played in supporting, publicizing, defending, and even financing their husbands' expeditions. She follows these polar wives not only to the polar wastelands but through war-torn Macedonia, the lawless outback of Australia, and the plague--riddled ancient cities of the Holy Land.
With extracts from previously unpublished historic journals and letters, Polar Wives brings together for the first time, the compelling stories of seven adventurous women

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Author:   Kari Herbert ,  Jon Bowermaster
Publisher:   Greystone Books
Imprint:   Greystone Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781926812625


ISBN 10:   192681262
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   10 April 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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