{"product_id":"the-last-explorer-simon-nasht-9780733622427","title":"The Last Explorer","description":"\u003cp\u003eHubert Wilkins was truly the last - and one of the greatest - explorers. And much more than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in South Australia, he spent much of his life outside the country - but always remained an Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe travelled through every continent and was a pioneer of aviation. He survived crashes and disasters, firing squads and sabotage, living long enough to be honoured by kings, presidents and dictators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a frontline photographer in World War I - and was twice decorated. He took the first ever film of battle and took the first moving images from an aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the first man to fly across the Arctic Ocean, the first to fly in the Antarctic - and the first to fly from America to Europe across the then unknown Arctic (the New York Times called this 'the greatest flight in history').\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s he spent several years travelling in western Queensland and the Northern Territory - where many of his observations and views were ahead of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the later years of his life he did work for the US military and intelligence - and in 1958 was buried at sea at the North Pole by the US Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon Nasht","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176133132531,"sku":"9780733622427","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780733622427.jpg?v=1662082692","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-last-explorer-simon-nasht-9780733622427","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}