{"product_id":"the-lost-expeditions-explorers-maps-ice-jungle-desert-and-the-men-who-disappeared-9798901941843","title":"The Lost Expeditions: Explorers, Maps, Ice, Jungle, Desert, and the Men Who Disappeared","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sky Adler | Ai\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Publishdrive\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Publishdrive\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Expeditions \u0026amp; Discoveries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross ice, jungle, desert, mountain, ocean, and remote frontiers, history is filled with expeditions that set out in confidence and ended in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lost Expeditions: Explorers, Maps, Ice, Jungle, Desert, and the Men Who Disappeared\u003c\/strong\u003e explores real journeys that vanished, failed, or left behind unanswered questions. From the frozen fate of Franklin's ships to Percy Fawcett's final trail into the Amazon, from La P�rouse's lost Pacific voyage to Burke and Wills in the Australian interior, from Mallory and Irvine on Everest to Antarctic tragedies, desert patrols, airship disasters, and forgotten support parties, this book follows the human stories behind exploration's most haunting failures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in an accessible narrative style for general readers, this volume separates evidence from legend and avoids sensational claims. It examines what is known, what remains uncertain, and why expeditions disappear: bad maps, harsh landscapes, hunger, disease, weather, overconfidence, poor planning, political ambition, and the limits of human endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cstrong\u003eHistory's Unsolved Files\u003c\/strong\u003e series, this is a respectful and atmospheric journey into the blank spaces of old maps - and into the lives of those who crossed them and never came home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publishdrive","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968435929239,"sku":"9798901941843","price":1720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798901941843.webp?v=1782917975","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-expeditions-explorers-maps-ice-jungle-desert-and-the-men-who-disappeared-9798901941843","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}