The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration

by Simon Nasht

Book Overview

In the tradition of The Ice Master and Endurance , here is the incredible story of the first truly modern explorer, whose death-defying adventures and uncommon modesty make this book itself an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559708255
• ISBN13: 9781559708258
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary read

Best book I've read in a long while. A rollicking, fine adventure story made all the more amazing in that it is the true life story of one of Australia's forgotten heroes. A "must" read!

Great book about a great, but forgotten, man.

Simon Nasht's book is like an icebreaker charting a course through the Antarctic and revealing one of its greatest explorers. It is hard to believe that one person so "aggressively modest" could have done so much with so little. Up until now, few had remembered him. What a pity. Thanks for bringing him back to life. Now, when is the movie coming out?

A blockbuster

This true account of one man's lifelong exploration of the polar regions makes history come alive. Yet for some reason Hubert Wilkins amazing exploits have faded from public memory. This biography about a far-sighted adventurer who understood the importance of polar ice caps on global climate. It is a page turner that deserves a place on every bookshelf,an inspiration to the youth.

Any library interested in adventure biography will welcome this vivid account.

THE LAST EXPLORER: HUBERT WILKINS, HERO OF THE GREAT AGE OF POLAR EXPLORATION tells of the most successful explorer in history: a self-taught farm boy from the Australian outback who became a cameraman, reporter, pilot, spy and adventurer. His surveys were captured on camera, he helped map the Canadian Arctic, and his amazing life has only not received much in-depth coverage in past because he avoided publicity. Author Simon Nasht discovered Wilkins' journals, records and photos and used them to recreate his life and achievements: any library interested in adventure biography will welcome this vivid account.

The Greatest Unknown

The fact the Sir George Hubert Wilkins is a virtual unknown against the supposed greatness of his contemporaries, Hurley and Mawson, is due mainly to his "aggressive modesty". Now Australians are rediscovering this truly remarkable man's life and Simon Nasht does him an immensely great service. Simply a 'must-read'!