AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 DAYS3

Subtitled: The Epic Tale of the Perilous Round-the-World Voyage. On March 1, 1999, adventurers Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off in the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon from Switzerland and landed nineteen perilous days and 29, 000 miles later in Egypt. In gripping, nail-biting detail, pilots Piccard and Jones recount the many unexpected challenges and near-disasters they encountered along the way. Includes on-board photographs. Hdbd., 6 1/4'x 9 1/4', 304 pgs., 24 color pgs.