Across the Top of the World: To the North Pole By Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker

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328 pp. A chronicle of the history of polar exploration describes the 1991 expedition of a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker across the polar ice cap and discusses previous expedi tions to the North Pole and the explorers who took part. "Men have attacked it with sleds and dirigibles, snowmobiles and submarines. Men have lied about it, died for it, and some have survived. Incredibly, no one truly stood upon the North Pole until 1968. In 1991 David E. Fisher went there - on a posh, semi-comic cruise on the Soviet icebreaker Sovetskiy Sotuz. And now Fisher recounts not only his own colorful adventures, but an incredible history of frequently madcap, often horrific explorations - bringing to life a remarkable band of heroes, liars, visionaries, braggarts and fools - as well as such legendary explorers as Frederick Cook and Admiral Peary, who raced to the pole in 1908 and spent the rest of their lives arguing about who won." Show more