Sentence examples for single expedition from inspiring English sources

Given that he had written precisely one book and participated, 23 years earlier, in a single expedition, this claim could have appeared somewhat bombastic.

After Ericson's single expedition, his role as Vinland explorer was assumed by Thorfinn Karlsefni, who once led a party of 160 men and women in three ships.

The single expedition is the subject of the single book, written by Cherry-Garrard, or Cherry, as he was called, after nearly 10 years of agonizing, crippling introspection and analysis.

In fact, the claim was unduly modest; for the book was "The Worst Journey in the World," one of the undisputed classics of exploration literature, and his single expedition had been with Robert Falcon Scott in his final, fatal bid for the South Pole, an expedition perhaps unsurpassed in the hardship and misery endured.

Foreign climbers shell out upwards of $40,000 for a single expedition, including costly permits — but the guides that risk their lives to accompany them never see the bulk of that money.

Loudoun's plan for the 1757 campaign was submitted to the government in London in September 1756, and was focused on a single expedition aimed at the heart of New France, the city of Quebec.

Before it put a man on the moon, the United States was known for a single exploratory expedition: the 1803 Voyage of Discovery of Lewis and Clark.

At the heart of its economy was the colleganza, a basic form of joint-stock company created to finance a single trade expedition.

The spoof newsletter ("John came down from his single-handed expedition up Everest to find himself arrested for multiple murders!") is a new menace, driving out the echt raw material.

Another way to change the pace was to trade off between stable double kayaks and the expedition single kayaks.

Over that I wear a complete single-piece Rab expedition down suit — similar to wearing a sleeping bag-style jumpsuit that one might find on a baby.