Sentence examples similar to Gripping expedition from inspiring English sources
Gripping the ice with his sharp claws, the polar bear leaned over the edge of the ice, sniffing the air and taking in the foreign scent of the 50 sweaty, sunburnt tourists, expedition leaders and crew.
Gripping, gripping stuff.
I suggest Cameron at once ban from sale William Dalrymple's new book, The Return of a King, a gripping account of the 1839 British Afghan expedition and a textbook on mission creep.
"Until now, the whole story of Scott's last expedition has been overshadowed by the really gripping story of the south pole journey, which is a really fantastic story of human endeavour, but there was so much more going on and we're trying to show the expedition as a scientific expedition," says Simonsson.
"The story of Scott's last expedition to Antarctica has become synonymous with the gripping story of the journey to the South Pole and the tragic death of Scott and the polar party on the way back," said Elin Simonsson, the exhibition curator at the Natural History Museum.
From tropical seas to frozen rivers and lakes, this is not just a gripping competition to find Britain's best all-round angler, but an expedition around the world.
Steffensen, a Dane, runs North GRIP along with his wife, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, whom he met on an earlier Greenland expedition.
We all saw this expedition as one of the last classic challenges and were all gripped with a burning desire to be first to complete the journey.
Describes the tumultuous expedition.
