Kari Herbert first started travelling at the age of ten months when her father, pioneering explorer Sir Wally Herbert, took Kari and her mother, Marie, to live among the Polar Inuit on a remote island off the northwest coast of Greenland. Today, Kari is an acclaimed author, photographer, and speaker. Her work has been published in magazines and newspapers all over the world, including the Sunday Times, the Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, the Independent and the Guardian. Her first book, The Explorer's Daughter, received outstanding reviews and was chosen as Book of the Week by BBC Radio 4. It has since been translated into Danish, Dutch, Italian, and Polish.
Kari Herbert is the founding director of Polarworld, an independent publishing company that produces inspirational books and projects to bring an awareness of wilderness places to a diverse audience. She lives in Cornwall, England.
Jon Bowermaster is the author of eleven books and
producer of a dozen documentary films, when not on the sea
Bowermaster lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.
" Every story Herbert tells is fascinating for itself, and the book
is compelling. ...With a nice selection of photos, an ample supply
of larger-than-life characters, and settings like no other, this is
a book that should easily stand the test of time and has earned its
place on exploration history shelves everywhere."--Bookslut "This
gem of a book engages an audience as thoroughly as the expeditions
did in their heyday, telling the stories of women like Emily
Shackleton, Jane Franklin, Jo Perry, Eva Nansen, and Marie Herbert
with a grace and style as captivating as the northern landscape
itself."--Portland Book Review "This highly enjoyable book is an
important addition to polar and exploration history collections or
for biography or women's studies shelves."—Library Journal
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