{"product_id":"9780063421783","title":"After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKagge, Erling; Dickson, Kari\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A dazzling book — soulful, awe-inspiring, and deeply thought-provoking. Erling Kagge takes readers on a journey they’ll never forget.\" — Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eKing: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAfter the North Pole \u003c\/em\u003eis a thrilling, insightful, and magical journey with something to interest readers of all stripes.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed Norwegian explorer, philosopher, and writer Erling Kagge comes the astounding story of his record-setting 58-day journey on skis to the North Pole, laced with profound meditations on nature, other daredevils, and the history of our obsession with the Pole.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The numbers are uncertain, but in the twentieth century, it is estimated that around a thousand men tried to reach the North Pole... of those, 751 have died doing so.” — Erling Kagge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe North Pole is the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation. Its sub-zero temperatures and strange year of one sunset and one sunrise make it an eerie, utterly disorienting place that challenges human endurance and understanding. Kagge and his friend Børge Ousland became the first people to ever reach the pole without any support from man or machine, skiing for 58 days from a drop-off point on the ice edge of Canada’s northernmost island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErling, whose books often top 'best of' lists, probes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe physical challenges and psychological motivations for embarking on such an epic expedition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe extensive history of the territory’s exploration—marked as it was by scandal, murder, shipwreck, shifting ice, and roaming polar bears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eits place in legend and art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the thrilling adventures he experienced during the trek. It is yet another example of what bestselling author Robert Macfarlane has called “Kagge’s extraordinary life in wild places.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs majestic, mesmerizing, and monumental as the terrain it captures, \u003cem\u003eAfter the North Pole\u003c\/em\u003e is for anyone who has gazed out at the horizon—and wondered what happens if you keep going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the North Pole\u003c\/em\u003e is illustrated with 12-14 photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“It's impossible to read Erling Kagge and not fall in love with the North Pole. His enthusiasm is infectious, and his adventures are epic.” — Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868680868095,"sku":"9780063421783","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063421783_s600x595.jpg?v=1781544402","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063421783","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}