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Cave of bones : a true story of discovery, adventure, and human origins / by Berger, Lee R.,author.; Hawks, John(John David),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index."This thrilling book takes the reader into South African caves to discover fossil remains that reframe the human family tree"--
Subjects: Homo naledi.; Human beings; Human remains (Archaeology);

The white darkness / by Grann, David,author.;
Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death, and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackleton's men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artifacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modeled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 13, 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone.
Subjects: Biographies.; Worsley, Henry; Explorers;

Minds of winter / by O'Loughlin, Ed,author.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Man-woman relationships; Family secrets;

Vanished Beyond the Map The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell [electronic resource] : by Shoalts, Adam.aut; CloudLibrary;
Canada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old. In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the Northwest Territories. A prospector who had been swept up in the Klondike Gold Rush, Darrell later made his name as an expert guide, trapper, and restless wanderer who ventured where few others dared. At a time when travel by dogsled in the North was the norm, Darrell became legendary for traversing thousands of kilometres alone and on foot; ranging over mountains and across windswept tundra from Alaska to Hudson Bay. During his epic journeys, he helped rescue sailors trapped in sea ice, led Mounties on their patrols, and even guided some of the era’s most famous explorers. Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole, held Darrell in awe, remarking once that with men like him, he could go to the moon. Contemporaries regarded Darrell as the hardiest, most competent explorer of his day. Despite clues reported by Inuit trappers and Mounted Police inquiries, his fate remains a mystery. While his disappearance sparked headlines around the world, Darrell’s name would soon also vanish from the history books, ironically, just as surely as he had in the wild. Yet Darrell left behind a trail of letters, journals, and hand-drawn maps. With these faded clues and his zeal for adventure, Adam Shoalts retraces Darrell’s forgotten routes through the wilderness, searching for cabin ruins and old campsites. He unearths water-stained records and tracks down elderly individuals in the hopes that they might remember someone who’d known Darrell. Part detective story, part biography, and part first-person adventure narrative, Vanished Beyond the Map combines expeditions with historical research to solve one of exploration history’s enduring cold cases—the mystery of Hubert Darrell.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Canada; Expeditions & Discoveries; Historical Geography;
© 2025., Penguin Canada,

Vanished Beyond the Map The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell [electronic resource] : by Shoalts, Adam.aut; Shoalts, Adam.nrt; CloudLibrary;
Canada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old. In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the Northwest Territories. A prospector who had been swept up in the Klondike Gold Rush, Darrell later made his name as an expert guide, trapper, and restless wanderer who ventured where few others dared. At a time when travel by dogsled in the North was the norm, Darrell became legendary for traversing thousands of kilometres alone and on foot; ranging over mountains and across windswept tundra from Alaska to Hudson Bay. During his epic journeys, he helped rescue sailors trapped in sea ice, led Mounties on their patrols, and even guided some of the era’s most famous explorers. Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole, held Darrell in awe, remarking once that with men like him, he could go to the moon. Contemporaries regarded Darrell as the hardiest, most competent explorer of his day. Despite clues reported by Inuit trappers and Mounted Police inquiries, his fate remains a mystery. While his disappearance sparked headlines around the world, Darrell’s name would soon also vanish from the history books, ironically, just as surely as he had in the wild. Yet Darrell left behind a trail of letters, journals, and hand-drawn maps. With these faded clues and his zeal for adventure, Adam Shoalts retraces Darrell’s forgotten routes through the wilderness, searching for cabin ruins and old campsites. He unearths water-stained records and tracks down elderly individuals in the hopes that they might remember someone who’d known Darrell. Part detective story, part biography, and part first-person adventure narrative, Vanished Beyond the Map combines expeditions with historical research to solve one of exploration history’s enduring cold cases—the mystery of Hubert Darrell.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Canada; Expeditions & Discoveries; Historical Geography;
© 2025., Penguin Random House,

The ship beneath the ice : the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance / by Bound, Mensun,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-403).A renowned marine biologist presents this extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance--a century to the day after Shackleton's death--that captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries, both of whom accomplished the impossible.
Subjects: Biographies.; Illustrated works.; Personal narratives.; Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.; Bound, Mensun.; Endurance (Ship); Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917); Shipwrecks; Underwater archaeology;

Hubble's universe : greatest discoveries and latest images / by Dickinson, Terence.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295), filmography (p. 295), Internet addresses (p. 295) and index.LSC
Subjects: Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft); Deep space;
© 2012., Firefly Books,

Vanished beyond the map : the mystery of lost explorer Hubert Darrell / by Shoalts, Adam,1986-author.;
"Canada's greatest adventurer sets out into the wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old. In November 1910, legendary explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilderness of the North West Territories. Darrell was surveying and filling in blanks on existing maps in the western Arctic near the Anderson River. Newspapers as far afield as Los Angeles and New York covered his disappearance, but despite clues reported by Dene trappers and Mounted Police inquiries, his fate remains a mystery. While his disappearance sparked headlines, Darrell would soon also vanish, ironically, from the pages of history. Using archival material and his zeal for adventure, Shoalts retraces parts of Darrell's routes and searches for clues to his disappearance in order to bring his story to light for the first time. Part detective story, part biography, and part first-person travel narrative, Vanished Beyond the Map combines expedition with historical research to solve one of exploration history's enduring cold cases ... the mystery of Hubert Darrell."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Darrell, Hubert, approximately 1874-approximately 1910.; Explorers;

Truth doesn't have a side : my alarming discovery about the dangers of contact sports / by Omalu, Bennet I.(Bennet Ifeakandu); Tabb, Mark A.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Omalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu); Webster, Mike, 1952-2002; National Football League.; Brain; Head; Football injuries.; Sports injuries.; Football players; Football players; Forensic pathologists; Neuropathologists; Nigerian Americans; Christian life.;

Franklin's Lost Ship : The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus / by Geiger, John,1960-; Aglukkaq, Leona.; Mitchell, Alanna.;
Includes bibliographical references.The greatest mystery in all of exploration is the fate of the 1845-1848 British Arctic Expedition commanded by Sir John Franklin. All 129 crewmen died, and the two ships seemingly vanished without a trace. The expedition's destruction was a mass disaster spread over two years. With the vessels beset and abandoned, the crew confronted a horrific ordeal. They suffered from lead poisoning, were stricken with scurvy and, ultimately, resorted to cannibalism in their final days. The mysterious fate of the ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, has captured the public's imagination for seventeen decades. Now, one of Franklin's lost ships has been found. During the summer of 2014, the Victoria Strait Expedition, the largest effort to find the ships since the 1850s, was led by Parks Canada in partnership with the Arctic Research Foundation, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and other public and private partners. The expedition used world-leading technology in underwater exploration and succeeded in a major find--the discovery of Erebus. News of the discovery made headlines around the world. In this fully illustrated account, readers will learn about the exciting expedition, challenging search and the ship's discovery. Featuring the first images of the Erebus, this stunning book weaves together a story of historical mystery and modern adventure.
Subjects: Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.; Archaeological expeditions; Erebus (Ship); Shipwrecks;

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