Against The Ice

Autori

• Ejnar Mikkelsen

Parametri

• Biografie e pensieri
• Natura
• Natura, animali
• Saggistica
• Storia

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Mikkelsen, an experienced Arctic adventurer, set out in 1909 to prove that Robert Perry's outline of the East Greeland coast was erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen, a ship's mechanic with no experience as an explorer, joined the expedition. Months later, the two men found themselves cut off from the world, suffering every imaginable Arctic travail: Mikkelsen's diary was even eaten by a bear. The two retained their sanity-- and their humor-- for three days. This is their harrowing account of survival and companionship

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2022

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