Author: Niven, Jennifer
Narrator: Niven, Jennifer
Format: CD
Unabridged
Approx. 5 hours
Nonfiction
Nonfiction-General
Feb 2001
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Summary: Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted. It is a story about unlikely heroes and unexpected villains - humans reduced to their primal needs by the infinite power and mystery of nature...'For more than 30 years I have been reading polar survival stories, but none so gripping and meticulously based on the written accounts of the survivors as "The Ice Master"' - Ranulph Fiennes, "Daily Mail". 'A powerful narrative' - "The Independent". 'Riveting and meticulously researched' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'Niven's remarkable epic is something special...an astonishing read' - "Publishing News". 'With so much repetitive polar stuff on the market, it is a relief to come across something fresh' - "Literary Review".