Into the great emptiness: peril and survival on the Greenland ice cap
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Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
2022
Edition:
First edition
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English
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The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the “dean of adventure writing.”
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Biographies
British
British Arctic Air Route Expedition -- (1930-1931)
Courtauld, Augustine
Courtauld, Augustine, -- 1904-1959
Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Watkins, Henry George
Watkins, Henry George, -- 1907-1932
British
British Arctic Air Route Expedition -- (1930-1931)
Courtauld, Augustine
Courtauld, Augustine, -- 1904-1959
Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Watkins, Henry George
Watkins, Henry George, -- 1907-1932
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9780393868111
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"The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing." By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a 23-year-old explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious journey to the east coast of Greenland and its vast and forbidding interior. Their mission: chart and survey the region and establish a permanent meteorological base 8,000 feet high on the ice cap. That plan turned into an epic survival ordeal when August Courtauld, manning the station solo through the winter, became entombed by drifting snow. David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and rich archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the ingenious young explorer at its helm"--
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British Arctic Air Route Expedition -- (1930-1931)
Courtauld, Augustine, -- 1904-1959
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British
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Into the great emptiness : peril and survival on the Greenland ice cap
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Courtauld, Augustine
Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Watkins, Henry George
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Explorers
Watkins, Henry George
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