Book description
In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides’s In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions—the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
The human story has always been one of perseverance—often…
Why read it?
1 author picked Icebound as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was bowled over by Icebound, mainly because of how much I did not know about the intrepid Dutch navigator William Barents, for whom the Barents Sea is now named. It’s a deeply human story of early exploration (mid-1590s), disaster, and survival on the frozen wastes of Nova Zembla (Russian high Arctic).
I was deeply impressed by Pitzer’s astounding research.
From Buddy's list on polar exploration, expeditions, and survival.
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