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Around the World on Expenses

Around the World on Expenses

EssaysTravel
Pages
378
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

Roland Huntford recounts his extensive travels across the globe, funded by various organizations and often under the guise of official business. This memoir offers a unique perspective on navigating different cultures and situations while always on someone else's dime. It's a look at the adventures and challenges of a life spent on the move, exploring the world through an unconventional lens.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeAdventurousReflective
Road Trip

Genres

Essays Travel

About the author

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Roland Huntford

Roland Huntford (born 1927) is an author, principally of biographies of Polar explorers. He lives in Cambridge, and was formerly Scandinavian correspondent of The Observer, also acting as their winter sports correspondent. He was the 1986–1987 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College. He has written biographies of Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen; these biographies have been the subject of controversy. Huntford's controversial The Last P...