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The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins

- Australia's Greatest Explorer
Af: Peter FitzSimons Engelsk Paperback

The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins

- Australia's Greatest Explorer
Af: Peter FitzSimons Engelsk Paperback
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Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived.

The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography. In 1908 he sailed for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film Co. Brave and bold, he became a polar expeditioner, a brilliant war photographer, a spy in the Soviet Union, a pioneering aviator-navigator, a death-defying submariner - all while being an explorer and chronicler of the planet and its life forms that would do Vasco da Gama and Sir David Attenborough proud. As a WW1 photographer he was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery under fire, the only Australian photographer in any war to be decorated. He explored the Antarctic with Sir Ernest Shackleton, led a groundbreaking ornithological study in Australia and was knighted in 1928 for his aviation exploits, but many more astounding achievements would follow. Wilkins'' quest for knowledge and polar explorations were lifelong passions and his missions to polar regions aboard the submarine Nautilus the stuff of legend.

With masterful storytelling skill, Peter FitzSimons illuminates the life of Hubert Wilkins and his incredible achievements. Thrills and spills, derring-do, new worlds discovered - this is the most unforgettable tale of the most extraordinary life lived by any Australian.

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Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived.

The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography. In 1908 he sailed for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film Co. Brave and bold, he became a polar expeditioner, a brilliant war photographer, a spy in the Soviet Union, a pioneering aviator-navigator, a death-defying submariner - all while being an explorer and chronicler of the planet and its life forms that would do Vasco da Gama and Sir David Attenborough proud. As a WW1 photographer he was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery under fire, the only Australian photographer in any war to be decorated. He explored the Antarctic with Sir Ernest Shackleton, led a groundbreaking ornithological study in Australia and was knighted in 1928 for his aviation exploits, but many more astounding achievements would follow. Wilkins'' quest for knowledge and polar explorations were lifelong passions and his missions to polar regions aboard the submarine Nautilus the stuff of legend.

With masterful storytelling skill, Peter FitzSimons illuminates the life of Hubert Wilkins and his incredible achievements. Thrills and spills, derring-do, new worlds discovered - this is the most unforgettable tale of the most extraordinary life lived by any Australian.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 592
ISBN-13: 9781472131461
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472131460
Kategori: Australasiatisk historie og Stillehavshistorie
Udg. Dato: 5 maj 2022
Længde: 47mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 155mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 5 maj 2022
Forfatter(e): Peter FitzSimons
Forfatter(e) Peter FitzSimons

Kategori Australasiatisk historie og Stillehavshistorie

ISBN-13 9781472131461

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 592

Udgave

Længde 47mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 155mm

Udg. Dato 5 maj 2022

Oplagsdato 5 maj 2022

Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

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