Frozen Frontiers
Conquest of Everest tells the great achievement of Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the highest point of Everest in 1953. Conquest of the North Pole is the harrowing story of the failures in man's search for the frozen grail of Arctic exploration by reaching the North Pole. The Race for the South Pole captivated the world in 1911 as Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen raced to be the first to raise their flags.
The Great Adventures
Lawrence of Arabia was immortalised in film by Peter O'Toole but this is the true story of the man who helped liberate the Arabs from the Turks. The Elusive Treasure is the story of the world's greatest ever archaeological find when Howard Carter stepped into Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. Captain Courageous was the name given to real life hero Captain Carlsen who evacuated his sinking ship but stayed onboard.
Frontiers Of Exploration
Did they exist? The lost cities of antiquity were fabled places that explorers have always searched for and sometimes found. The Race to the Moon between American and Russia ended in 1969 when Neil Armstrong took 'one small step' on the moon's surface. Amazon Adventures is the story of man's attempts to conquer the world's mightiest river.
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05 September 2005 |
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