Across the Edge

Adventurer Peter Clutterbuck’s thirst for knowledge has taken him to 105 countries across seven continents.

In that time, he has crossed the Atlantic and Pacific by sail, scaled previously unclimbed mountains in unexplored regions of the Arctic and Antarctica, crossed the desserts of Australia and the Empty Quarter of Arabia, as well as diving in the pristine waters of the Indian Ocean.

Sounds glamorous, but all these trips have come at a cost, with crises ranging from vehicle abandonment to no water in Central Australia and a high-speed motorcycle collision in Asia.

Add that to rolling a Land Rover in the Arabian desert to getting stranded in Arctic Alaska and stuck in a raging blizzard in Antarctica, as well as finding himself surrounded by a 17 strong pride of lions in Africa and it’s safe to say Peter has fairly lived.

Now he has put his adventures in the book, Across the Edge, which features tales, photos and maps and is an exciting read.

The high-risk expeditions have enabled Peter to explore the pristine savagery of previously unexplored regions.

But they also required him to push technology and himself to the limit, in temperatures ranging from a numbing 40°C to the searing heat of 59°C.

Meticulous planning in such desolate regions can be the difference between life and death. While the objective was always to ‘get there’, the excitement was in the journey. However, these stories come with a warning, that urgent action must be taken to preserve these wildernesses for future generations and pollution must be reduced.

Many of the journeys undertaken in this book were completed by sail and foot, via wind and manpower, leaving a minimal carbon footprint.

The reader can join Peter as he journeys across the edge into a fascinating and often untouched world, where dust storms, blizzards and breaking ocean waves rule. To a world of staggering beauty of glaciers 30 kilometres wide, endless seas of sand, deep blue oceans and crystal-clear starry nights.

Beyond the civilised world of central heating, air conditioning, traffic jams and 24/7 news cycles, to places where time stands still.

Published: 1^st September 2024
UK Price: £19.99
ISBN: 978-184995-577-5
Format: 280 x 210mm, Paperback
Pages: 240 pages including 7 maps, c.12 black & white and 180 colour photographs

Across the Edge – Pushing the Limits across Oceans and Continents
By Peter Clutterbuck
Published by Whittles Publishing

Across the Edge is available to buy on the Whittles Publishing website, at Waterstones and on Amazon.

Author Bio:

Rebecca Hay is an experienced travel writer and member of The British Guild of Travel Writers. Follow her adventures with her family on Twitter and Instagram @emojiadventurer and on Facebook via EmojiAdventurers2.

Photograph and book cover image courtesy of Whittles Publishing