Poppis suomela (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Translated from the Finnish. Large format hardcover, 183 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photos, NOT ex-library. Weight over 1.2kg. First page signed by the Author. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This richly illustrated volume chronicles the 2006 expedition by the Airborne Ranger Club of Finland, the first Finnish team to reach the Geographic North Pole without external assistance. Starting from Ward Hunt Island in northern Canada and traversing over 800 kilometres of the Arctic ice field, the seven-man team reached the Pole after 54 days and 23 hours. At the time, only 32 people in the world had achieved this goal. The text provides a detailed account of the logistical and physical demands of unsupported polar travel, detailing the management of extreme cold reaching -45 to -50 degrees Celsius and the navigation of near-impassable pressure ridges. The book highlights the team's two-year preparation phase, which included rigorous physical training such as dragging 30-kilogram car tyres to simulate sledge pulling, alongside product development with equipment manufacturers to adapt gear for high-friction snow. It details the final acclimatisation at the Inuit village of Resolute Bay and describes the technical difficulties of "Arctic swimming" - crossing open leads in the ice by floating sledges or using dry suits. The narrative also covers the challenges of working with camera equipment in extreme cold, as well as the impact of global warming in the context of accelerating Arctic sea ice loss. It recalls a final storm-force headwind and white-out conditions requiring 24 hours of continuous skiing to reach the Pole on 20 April 2006. Appendices record GPS campsite coordinates, daily and polar statistics, physiological data such as the participants' cholesterol levels, food rations and equipment lists. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Translated from the Finnish. Large format hardcover, illustrated throughout with colour photos, NOT ex-library. Weight 1.3kg. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Two men put their determination and stamina to the test during 44 days of icy temperatures, freezing winds and physical exhaustion. As the first Finnish expedition to the South Pole, they skied unsupported and unassisted more than 1000 kilometres to the South Pole, their courage challenged every day. They had to believe in success. A century ago, the Amundsen and Scott expeditions fought their way through the white desert. Now, a century later, the same stormy goal still draws explorers. Reaching the South Pole, Kari Poppis Suomela joined the elite of polar explorers. Before him, only eleven others have skied to both the North and the South Pole without outside support. Text in English. 191 pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Two books with slipcase: 1) North Pole : Arctic Challenge : Finnish North Pole Expedition 2006 - ISBN 9789519837628, year 2007. 2) South Pole : Windswept Dream - ISBN 9789519837659, year 2009. Text in English. 183+191 pp. Richly illustrated. Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 183 pp., illustrations, map. In Finnish. 0.0.