Fyodor Konyukhov is a well-known Russian traveler, yachtsman, mountaineer, and polar explorer. Many times he set out to fulfill his dreams—to reach the “top of the world” alone, to make a round-the-world voyage, to conquer Everest…
This book is about travel, dreams, and overcoming. An engrossing novel about the dangers that threaten a person who has challenged the elements. It can carry you to the summits of inaccessible mountains, out to distant oceans, and over the cold polar ice, giving you a chance to feel the triumph of the human spirit.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Matching the Sea— the path to the summit
Chapter 2 The North Pole. The Song of Eternity
Chapter 3 “Carana.” The first circumnavigation
Chapter 4 Everest—a bird that flew higher than other birds
Chapter 5 A round-the-world voyage on the yacht “Formosa”