Publisher's Synopsis
A dramatic series telling the stories of important voyages of discovery. The books describe challenges and hardships faced by those who set out to discover new lands, new ocean passages, to open up new trade routes or to win fame or fortune.;The seventh book in the "Exploration" series, this tells the story of the Norwegian explorer who was the first man to reach both the South Pole, in 1911, using sledge-dog teams, and the North Pole, in 1926, in an airship.
