The Times - Explorers | Richard Sale, Madeleine Lewis

PeaksFrom the Alps in the 19th century, to the conquest of Everest in 1953 and the climbing of the Seven Summits in the late 20th century.IceThe great explorers of the Antarctic and Arctic: Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton, Peary, Cook and Nansen Jungle.DesertThe crossings of the World's most inhospitable terrain, from Burton and Doughty in Arabia to Sven Hedin in the Gobi and Wilfred Thesiger and Freya Stark in Mesopotamia.Sea Epic crossings such as Sir Francis Chichester's circumnavigation and Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki expedition.UnderworldsExploration of the World's deepest caves and ocean floors.