{"product_id":"born-adventurer","title":"BORN ADVENTURER","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBORN ADVENTURER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassification:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: HADDELSEY, STEPHEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: THE HISTORY PRESS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781803992792\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"headline\"\u003ePublisher's Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoldiers and sailors, geographers and geologists, submariners and balloonists all flocked to Antarctica during the 'Heroic Age' of Polar exploration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNo one better represented this eclectic band than Frank Bickerton, engineer on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-14. A true pioneer of Antarctic exploration, he piloted the expedition's 'air-tractor', established the first crucial wireless link between Antarctica and the rest of the world, and discovered one of the first meteorites ever to be found on the continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTreasure-hunter, explorer, fighter pilot, entrepreneur, big-game hunter and movie-maker, Bickerton not only made a major contribution to the success of the AAE, but was also recruited by Ernest Shackleton for his ill-fated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eExpedition, dug for pirate gold on Robert Louis Stevenson's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e, survived bloody dogfights over the Western Front during the First World War, and flirted with the glittering world of 1920s Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorn Adventurer\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Stephen Haddelsey draws on unique access to family papers, journals and letters to provide a thrilling account of Bickerton's rich and colourful life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"THE HISTORY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40334337966178,"sku":"9781803992792","price":342.07,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1279\/5591\/files\/9781803992792.jpg?v=1683184858","url":"https:\/\/elexacademicbookstore.co.za\/products\/born-adventurer","provider":"Elex Academic Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}