Icebound in Antarctica

Biography & Memoir, Reference
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Author: David Lewis, Mimi George ISBN: 9781742699837
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: David Lewis, Mimi George
ISBN: 9781742699837
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

On 14 November 1982, David Lewis, Mimi George and four others set sail from Sydney, Australia, in a 65-foot steel-hulled yacht, the Dick Smith Explorer, on a privately funded expedition to the southern polar ice-cap. Their mission: to overwinter in the frozen Antarctic wastes, study environmental hazards and wildlife, and assess the effects of total isolation on six former strangers.

In a lively and candid narrative the authors take us behind the scenes of polar expedition - the fitting out of the ship, selection of crew, navigation through pack-ice and monster icebergs, tagging seals, studying penguins and other birdlife, sledging in blizzards and battling frostbite. Behind it all is the haunting beauty of Antarctica - the last great uncharted wilderness. This is the land of Amundsen and Scott, of Shackleton and Fuchs - a land beset with dangers, yet which still irresistibly exerts its thrall. Lewis and George's fascinating account of their adventures brings every detail alive.

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On 14 November 1982, David Lewis, Mimi George and four others set sail from Sydney, Australia, in a 65-foot steel-hulled yacht, the Dick Smith Explorer, on a privately funded expedition to the southern polar ice-cap. Their mission: to overwinter in the frozen Antarctic wastes, study environmental hazards and wildlife, and assess the effects of total isolation on six former strangers.

In a lively and candid narrative the authors take us behind the scenes of polar expedition - the fitting out of the ship, selection of crew, navigation through pack-ice and monster icebergs, tagging seals, studying penguins and other birdlife, sledging in blizzards and battling frostbite. Behind it all is the haunting beauty of Antarctica - the last great uncharted wilderness. This is the land of Amundsen and Scott, of Shackleton and Fuchs - a land beset with dangers, yet which still irresistibly exerts its thrall. Lewis and George's fascinating account of their adventures brings every detail alive.

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