The Last Explorer : Hubert Wilkins Australia's Unknown Hero

Biographies & Memoirs

Nasht, Simon

Travelers & Explorers

Hodder

Most Australians would not recognise the name Hubert Wilkins...his exploits happened before the power of television ensured the immortality of many lesser men. Born and Raised in South Australia, Wilkins is one of the greats of history and his achievements in so many fields will never be equalled.A war hero, photographer, reporter, prolific writer, spy, scientist, naturalist, ornithologist and gifted aviator. Wilkins was the most remarkable explorer of the 20th century no one before or since has discovered more previously unknown land and sea.

The Last Explorer Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero

History

World

Hachette Livre Australia/Hodder

A profile of Hubert Wilkins chronicles the seminal contributions of the accomplished journalist, pilot, war hero, scientist, spy, and adventurer, especially in terms of his achievements in the field of polar exploration, the use of new technologies--including the submarine and airplane--and the role of the poles in changes in global weather and climate.

The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Arcade Publishing

The incredible story of the first truly modern explorer, whose death-defying adventures and uncommon modesty make this book itself an extraordinary discovery.

In the tradition of The Ice Master and Endurance, here is the incredible story of the first truly modern explorer, whose death-defying adventures and uncommon modesty make this book itself an extraordinary discovery. Hubert Wilkins was the most successful explorer in history—no one saw with his own eyes more undiscovered land and sea. Largely self-taught, Wilkins became a celebrated newsreel cameraman in the early 1900s, as well as a reporter, pilot, spy, war hero, scientist, and adventurer, capturing in his lens war and famine, cheating death repeatedly, meeting world leaders like Lenin and Stalin, and circling the globe on a zeppelin. Apprenticing with the greats of polar exploration, including Shackleton in the Antarctic, Wilkins recognized the importance of new technologies such as the airplane and submarine. He helped map the Canadian Arctic and plumbed the ocean depths from the icecap. A pioneer in the truest sense of the word, he became the first man to fly across the North Pole, which won him a knighthood; the first to fly to the Antarctic and discover land there by airplane; and the first to take a submarine under the Arctic ice. Grasping the link between the poles and changing global weather, Wilkins was a visionary in weather forecasting and the study of global warming. A true hero of the earth, he changed the way we look at our world.

Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Golden Age of Polar Exploration

Skyhorse

Birlinn Ltd hardcover 2014 1st print fine condition book in fine condition dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

No More Beyond: The Life of Hubert Wilkins

Birlinn

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The Last Explorer : Hubert Wilkins Australia's Unknown Hero

The Last Explorer Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero

The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration

The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration

Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Golden Age of Polar Exploration

No More Beyond: The Life of Hubert Wilkins

No More Beyond: The Life of Hubert Wilkins