Angie Butler in the Arctic
(with George and other friends!)
For little more than a hundred years, the Arctic and Antarctic have inspired some of the greatest stories ever told. Tales of daring and dash, triumph and tragedy.
Ice Tracks is a unique book which brings together, for the first time, the accounts of our greatest present-day Polar adventurers in the pursuit of glory. Their expeditions across the Arctic and Antarctic have demanded extraordinary bravery, unimaginable privation and sometimes a little luck. For that reason their journeys may never be surpassed. They were not only the “firsts” but also the “lasts”.
No less heroic, ordinary men and women have set out into the same inhospitable, unpredictable and spellbinding “ends of the earth” to face their demons and achieve personal goals. This is their story too.
Ice Tracks lays bare today’s Polar world. It inspires and informs and points the would-be Polar adventurer in the right direction. No iceberg is left unturned.
For the rest, who would rather leave the 100 mph katabatic winds, temperatures of minus 60° centigrade, crevasses and towering pressure ridges to the more adventurous souls, curl up in front of the fire and enjoy a ripping good read.
