Pole to Pole (book)


Pole to Pole is a book written by Michael Palin to accompany his BBC television series Pole to Pole.

Book contents

The book follows each of his seven trips made for the BBC, consisting of both his text and of many photographs to illustrate the trip. Most of the pictures in this book were taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the expedition team.
The book chronicles the journey in five chapters:
The demonstration of the Coriolis effect in Kenya was, apparently, a clever hoax.

Audio edition

This book was made available as an audiobook, read by Palin. The audio book is available in abridged and unabridged versions.

Photograph book

Basil Pao produced an accompaniment called Pole to Pole - The Photographs.