There are not boring and safe trips. Opening of America, India, Australia, research of Africa demanded incredible tension of forces and great number of human victims. But the achievement of poles of Earth became the most keen head in history of the geographical opening.From times of vikings of all bravest and purposeful navigators as heaved up a magnet to the North pole. Every new expedition on a step approached the cherished aim, but a pole remained unapproachable. And even when in 1909 at once two researchers declared his subjugation, many met this information with a doubt. Neither exactness of that time devices nor certificates of eyewitnesses were hundred-per-cent reliable, and to leave in the point of pole a sign or flag it is possible only on drift-ice: "застолбить" the North pole is impossible.The subjugation of the South pole appeared yet драматичней. The most tragic page of this history is a hike of captain Robert Scott, the expedition of that attained a pole in 35 days after Амундсена and perished on the return trip.It volume to the popular series presents the "Great trips" keen дилогию of the prominent Norwegian arctic researcher (1872-1928). In books "My life" and the "South pole" of Амундсен tells about heroic arctic week-days, about various methods of trips : on ships, skis, dogs, airplanes and zeppelins. About privations, tests, adventures and exploits that his life was filled with. About her main event - achievement of the South pole - and about other great deal. A "south pole" is an original shorthand "record of exploit", arctic saga : reliable, detailed, enthralling book placed intimidating, and placed merry, written with large spontaneity and with characteristic by a амундсеновским humour. And autobiographic story "My life" complements and frames this main event of fate of traveller, in fact in life of great Norwegian it was not only on December, 14, 1911.In youth Амундсен "wanted to suffer for the business, - not in the sultry desert on the way to Jerusalem, and on icy North", in maturity said once about arctic edges: "Ah, if you some time had to see by the eyes, as there miraculously, - there I would like to die".Came true and that, and other. He lived happy life: lived, as wanted, and perished, as dreamed: in ices, rescuing standing a calamity.An electronic publication includes all texts of paper book Руаля Амундсена and base illustrative material. But for the veritable judges of exclusive editions we offer a classic giftbook. Paper edition is richly executed: he is decorated by hundreds coloured and черно-белых photos and illustrations, allowing to the readers personally to see Arctic and Antarctic such, what they were first known by the author of this majestic epic.Edition is printed to the wonderful offset paper. On riches and variety of illustrative material of book of gift series the "Great trips" do not yield to the artistic albums. Editions of series will be the decoration of the any, even refined library, will become by a wonderful gift to both the young readers and exactings bibliophiles.