Winter Holiday makes many references to Fridtjof Nansen's polar expedition in the Fram, which though not exactly forgotten nowadays is no longer a household name as it was then, when it was still in living memory.There have been several adaptations, including a 1963 TV series, a 1974 film and a 2016 film. It's notable for featuring a relatively low level of peril, and for the rich fantasy life of its protagonists, who have a great deal of fun exploring the region around the lake as though it were uncharted territory. Most of the books center on the camping and sailing expeditions of the children near a particular fictional lake in the area. Swallows and Amazons is a classic series of children's books by Arthur Ransome, about two-and then later three-families of children (the Walkers or "Swallows", the Blacketts or "Amazons", and eventually the Callums or "Ds") who vacation in the Lake District of England. the telegram from the Walker children's father that starts the series
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