Riding the Ice Wind: By Kite and Sledge Across Antarctica - Hardcover

Nicoll, Alastair Vere

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848853068 ISBN 13: 9781848853065

Verlag: I B TAURIS, 2010

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<div><p>Leaving the security of friends, work, and a wife, Alastair Vere Nicoll joined a team of young men to harness the katabatic winds and haul and kite-surf across Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, most violent continent on earth. Not since Shackleton nearly perished attempting the same thing in his Endurance expedition had such a crossing been attempted. This is the story not only of the first West-to-East traverse of the continent of Antarctica, but of the crossing of two phases in the author&#8217;s life&#8212;from youth into manhood,&#160; fantasy into reality. It is also the story of a race against time, as he fought to get home for the birth of his first child. As Alastair battled through the freezing wastes, exploring the earth&#8217;s wildest continent and his deepest self, he was haunted by the ghosts of past explorers and by the question of what it is to be a &#8220;modern man.&#8221;</p></div>

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<div><p><b>Alastair Vere Nicoll</b> is the investment director at Berkley Energy. He studied English Literature at Oxford University where he was awarded an undergraduate scholarship and a double first class degree. He lives in London. </p></div>

Alastair Vere Nicoll is the investment director at Berkley Energy. He studied English Literature at Oxford University where he was awarded an undergraduate scholarship and a double first class degree. He lives in London.

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• Verlag: I B TAURIS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848853068
• ISBN 13: 9781848853065
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258
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