Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873519884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This book is about the International Trans-Antarctica Expedition. But it's not about the frostbite. Not about keeping dozens of exhausted sled dogs alive while battling Mother Nature's worst wiles. It's about all the invisible stuff a team of people need to do behind the scenes to ensure the success of an incredibly complicated venture." - Expedition News. Not about the 75-knot winds that whipped tents relentlessly. Not about endless crevasse crossings
"A great story wonderfully written" according to jriemerm. A great story wonderfully written, populated by compelling and fascinating characters. I initially questioned the author's choice to organize the book by the characters, in most cases a chapter per person, rather than chronologically. I thought it might be disorienting. No. You get the outline of the story early on, and it just gets deeper and more nuanced and familiar as it goes . John Felton said A well written and thoroughly enjoyable book. A well written and thoroughly enjoyable book. This is a tale of adventure on the ice, but the real story is what happens in the background. The delightful characters, the logistical nightmares, governmental intrigue, and humorous anecdotes make this more than a telling of an incredible expedition, but a study of the audaciousness that is needed to pull something like this off. Wri. It's a great narrative abuot the difficulties Cathy encountered in trying to Amazon Customer I was vry interested in The Trans Antarctic Expedition,and lucky enough to meet Will Steger when he was speaking in Houston, so when I saw this book was available, I ordered it. It's a great narrative abuot the difficulties Cathy encountered in trying to keep a handle on the logistical side of the expedition. Her job, seemed to me to be a lot like one that a film producer's assist
What does it take to move forty dogs, three sleds, twenty tons of food and gear, and six men from all over the world across nearly four thousand of the coldest miles on earth? Cathy de Moll, the executive director of the 1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition, introduces the wild cast of characters who made it happen, on the ice and off: leaders Will Steger and Jean-Louis Etienne, who first met accidentally, on the way to the North Pole; Valery Skatchkov, the Soviet bureaucrat who supplied a "hot" Russian airplane; Yasue Okimoto, who couldn't bear to leave headquarters in Minnesota while her boyfriend was on the ice; Qin Dahe, the Chinese member of the team, who didn't know how to ski; the millions of children who followed the expedition in schools around the world, learning about the fragility and ferocity of the seventh continent; and many others. These stories of near misses and magical coincidences are as suspenseful and compelling as the expedition's headlines--and they have never been told. But they also reflect the greatest lesson of the project: the international cooperation that was needed for the expedition's success is every bit as essential for the preservation of Antarctica today.