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70 Jahre lang hat Alexander von Humboldt geforscht, publiziert und die Welt bereist. Seine Reisen sind legendär, seine wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse ebenfalls: von den Expeditionen nach Südamerika und Russland über seine Selbstversuche mit Zitteraalen und Curare-Gift - Humboldt hat es überlebt und ausführlich darüber berichtet. Eine Auswahl seiner Schriften wird hier von Ulrich Noethen zu Gehör gebracht, biographisch eingeordnet von Hans Sarkowicz und wissenschaftlich bewertet von Professor Dr. Oliver Lubrich, seinem Team und weiteren Humboldt-Forscherinnen und -Forschern.

Join Gordon Alexander in Nepal as he drags his "heavy ass" over the Himalayas in this hilarious, adventure-soaked account of the Three Passes Trek, culminating in a visit to Everest Base Camp. Together with guide Subash and porter Nima, Gordon tackles high passes in excess of 5,400 meters (17,700 feet) and explains how high altitude affects a mildly overweight road builder from sea level in the tropics. Each part of the journey brings new challenges, including sub-freezing temperatures, almost falling into a crevasse, and alarmingly warm beer.

In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a 30-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own.

Weltberühmte Expeditionen, gelesen von Frank Arnold, Walter Kreye, Johannes Steck und Doris Wolters.