At The Mercy Of The Winds by David Hempleman-Adams
Following in the footsteps of three 19th century Swedish explorers, on 28 May 2000, explorer David Hempleman-Adams set off to become the first man to fly to the North Pole by balloon. This is an account of his own attempt and the tragic failure of the earlier expedition.
David Hempleman-Adams was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1956. His interest in adventuring was inspired by the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, of which he is a gold medalist. In 1998 he became the first person to complete the explorers' Grand Slam, a challenge that has seen him conquer the North and South Geographical and Magnetic Poles and scale the highest mountain in each of the seven continents, including Everest. A businessman by profession but an adventurer by preference, he lives near Bath with his wife and three daughters. Robert Uhlig, who wrote At the Mercy of the Winds with David Hempleman-Adams, is the Technology Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in London. In 1998 he accompanied David Hempleman-Adams and Rune Gjeldnes to the Canadian High Arctic to document their trek to the North Pole in Walking on Thin Ice. He is also the author of The Daily Telegraph James Dyson's History of Inventions. He lives in Cornwall with his partner and young son.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780553813630 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553813633 |
| Title | At The Mercy Of The Winds |
| Author | David Hempleman-Adams |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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