Title Skiing into the bright open : my solo journey to the South Pole / Liv Arnesen ; foreword by Ann Bancroft ; translated by Roland Huntford

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Cover Page -- Also Published by the University of Minnesota Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Map of Route to the South Pole -- Fruit Is Best Enjoyed When Ripe -- Ski Touring between the Covers of a Book -- Finding My Own Way -- A First Test in Greenland -- Skiing against the Tide -- My Provocative Announcement -- Hardening Myself in the Himalayas -- "Have You Ever Hauled a Sled, My Dear?" -- Training with Tires and Pavarotti -- The Earthquake -- You Can Achieve What You Want -- From the Cold North to the Freezing South Steak and Red Wine in Chile-and We're Off -- Alone at Last -- Wind, Weather, and Proper Clothing -- I'm Enjoying Myself! -- Message No. 6: "Finish South Pole" -- And the Satellites Keep Orbiting -- A Quiet Toast Halfway -- I Own a Country of the Heart That No One Else Can Touch -- High Sastrugi and Deep Crevasses -- "Silent Night, Holy Night" -- Gourmet Lunch and Champagne -- Back to Civilization -- What Next? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Metric to Standard Conversions -- Expedition Log -- Menu -- Equipment List -- Explorers to the South Pole -- Untitled Summary "The first woman to ski solo to the South Pole tells the story of what it took to get there"-- Provided by publisher Notes "Norwegian edition published in 1995 as Snille piker går ikke til Sydpolen"--Title page verso Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 07, 2021) Subject Arnesen, Liv -- Travel -- South Pole SUBJECT Arnesen, Liv -- Travel -- South Pole Arnesen, Liv fast Subject Skiers -- Norway -- Biography Skis and skiing -- Antarctica BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers. Skiers Skis and skiing Travel SUBJECT Antarctica -- Description and travel Subject Antarctica Antarctica -- South Pole Norway Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2020053657 ISBN 9781452966083 1452966087 9781452966076 1452966079

Other Titles Snille piker går ikke til Sydpolen. English

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