Life Lessons From Explorers

Download or read book Life Lessons from Explorers written by Felicity Aston and published by Welbeck. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in exploration - from legendary adventurers such as Christopher Columbus to contemporary figures such as Wasfia Nazreen. Life Lessons from Explorers collects 20 of the most highly-prized traits shared by those who have scaled mountains and traversed tundras, proposing how these could be applied to your own life, whether you are crossing Antarctica or battling a mental obstacle. Compelling accounts of the life and times of celebrated explorers, highlighting when they have displayed these traits, are accompanied by remarkable images and documents from the Royal Geographical Society archives.