John Geiger

The Third Man Factor

Surviving the Impossible

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Produktbeschreibung

Incredible true stories of a life-saving presence experienced in extreme adventuring situations - backed up by weighty research

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9781847674203
• ISBN-10: 1847674208
• Artikelnr.: 27874514

Autorenporträt

John Grigsby Geiger was born in Ithaca, New York, and graduated in history from the University of Alberta. The author of five non-fiction books, including the international bestseller Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition, his work has been translated into ten languages. He also authored, with Dr Peter Suedfeld, the scholarly study 'The Sensed Presence as a Coping Resource in Extreme Environments'. He is editorial board editor at the Globe and Mail, and a senior fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. He is a governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and chair of the Society's Expeditions Committee, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Explorer's Club, and a Member of the Advisory Board of Wings Worldquest. He received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.