Ice Master

Jennifer Niven (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2001
Pan Books (Verlag)
978-0-330-39123-8 (ISBN)

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An epic story of a disastrous expedition, treacherous crew members and extraordinary bravery.

Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted. It is a story about unlikely heroes and unexpected villains - humans reduced to their primal needs by the infinite power and mystery of nature...

'For more than 30 years I have been reading polar survival stories, but none so gripping and meticulously based on the written accounts of the survivors as The Ice Master' Ranulph Fiennes, Daily Mail

'A powerful narrative' The Independent

'Riveting and meticulously researched' Sunday Telegraph

'Niven's remarkable epic is something special...an astonishing read.' Publishing News

'With so much repetitive polar stuff on the market, it is a relief to come across something fresh.' Literary Review

Jennifer Niven has been a screenwriter, journalist and an Associate Producer at ABC Television in Los Angeles. Her short film, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, won a prestigious Emmy Award and the Colin Higgins Award for Screenwriting. She is the author of The Ice Master and Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-330-39123-2 / 0330391232
ISBN-13	978-0-330-39123-8 / 9780330391238
Zustand	Neuware