Iced In Ten Days Trapped on the Edge of Antarctica by Chris Turney
epub | 1.97 MB | English | Isbn: B01MS360N9 | Author: Chris Turney | Year: 2017
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"The Antarctic Factor: if anything can go wrong, it will. It's basically Murphy's Law on steroids." -Chris Turney On Christmas Eve 2013, off the coast of East Antarctica, an abrupt weather change trapped the Shokalskiy-the ship carrying earth scientist Chris Turney and seventy-one others involved in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition-in densely packed sea ice, 1400 miles from civilization. The forecast offered no relief-a blizzard was headed their way. As Turney chronicles his ordeal, he revisits the harrowing Antarctic expedition of famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton on his ship, Endurance, as well as the legendary explorations of Douglas Mawson. But for Turney, the stakes were even higher: he had his wife and children with him. Turney was connected to the outside world through Twitter, YouTube, and Skype. Within hours, the team became the focus of a media storm, and an...
Category:Mars, Biographies of Environmentalists & Naturalists, Antarctica Travel Guides
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