Dancing On Ice A Stirring Tale of Adventure,Risk and Reckless Folly

Scott,Jeremy

ISBN 10: 1905847505 / ISBN 13: 9781905847501

Edité par Old Street Publishing, London, 2008

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A Near Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.This is a lovely clean tight copy and the dust-jacket comes well protected in a cover sleeve,Gino Watkins expedition to the Arctic 8vo 246pp First Edition 1st Impression [2008].

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• Titre: Dancing On Ice A Stirring Tale of Adventure,Risk and Reckless Folly
• Éditeur: Old Street Publishing, London
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1905847505
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781905847501
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
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Synopsis

In 1930 the dashing Gino Watkins led a group of fourteen intrepid and largely inexperienced young men (including the author's father) to pioneer the first commercial air route between Europe and America. Alongside high adventure, triumph and tragedy, Scott paints a stunning portrait of two lost worlds: the Inuit hunters of the polar regions and the Brideshead generation of English men addicted to adventure. One member of the expedition was stranded alone on the ice cap for five months, for much of the time in total darkness. Blizzards raged continuously and temperatures dropped to -41°C. For six weeks he was utterly trapped in an ice cave, unable to get out as his companions mounted a desperate, last-ditch rescue attempt.