Into the Abyss

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Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do they find the resources to survive In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a series of tales from Cortez, Scott, Shackleton, Stanley, Livingstone and their modern counterparts: Joe Simpson and Ranulph Fiennes.

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Benedict Allen is the editor of THE FABER BOOK OF EXPLORATION. For the past 20 years he has conducted solo expeditions through the Amazon jungle, along Namibia's Skeleton Coast and across Mongolia's Gobi Desert. These journeys have been transmitted on the BBC. And he has published accounts of them. He regularly gives lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.