8 poles Frederick Paulsen. Parting in the world of cold

There are people who differ from all others so much that sometimes you think: are they not aliens? They have little everyday life, not enough achieved, they always need to go forward, farther and further, into the unknown, over the horizon.
Frederick Paulsen from these "others". A successful businessman, he could well lead the life of the people of his circle: work, slowly rest in fashionable resorts, travel to warm seas and sandy beaches. But he chose an extraordinary path - full of adventure, risk, but also discoveries, impressions, new knowledge and emotions. Once upon a time, infected with the polar bacillus", Paulsen set a goal - to visit all eight poles of the Earth: two geographical, two geomagnetic, two magnetic and two poles of relative inaccessibility. After 13 years, he achieved his own and became the first person who completed such an ambitious program.
The book that you hold in your hands talks about 13 years of testing and adventure on the way to the poles. However, this book is not only about Paulsen"s travels and his comrades. She talks about first-pale reopers, about the history of the study of poles and, of course, reports curious and little-known facts about the poles themselves.
2nd edition