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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Roberts, David, 1943-2021, author.     Subjects     Watkins, Henry George, 1907-1932.     Courtauld, Augustine, 1904-1959.     British Arctic Air Route Expedition (1930-1931)     Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Roberts, David, 1943-2021, author.       by title:      Into the great empti...         MARC Display

Into the great emptiness : peril and survival on the Greenland ice cap / David Roberts. by Roberts, David, 1943-2021, author. New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022] Subjects Watkins, Henry George, 1907-1932.   Courtauld, Augustine, 1904-1959.   British Arctic Air Route Expedition (1930-1931)   Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- British. ISBN:  9780393868111 (cloth) : 0393868117 (cloth) Description:  356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue: The man on the ice cap -- "He never discussed anything seriously" -- Edgeøya -- The land that God gave Cain -- Gino at home -- Base camp -- "That cat's on the roof again" -- Autumn with the Inuit -- Interlude. The cosmos of the East Coast Inuit -- "All, all alone" : Courtauld on the ice cap -- Winter with the Inuit -- Courtauld in purgatory -- Asking for trouble : Gino's finale -- Epilogue. To slip betimes away. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing." By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a 23-year-old explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious journey to the east coast of Greenland and its vast and forbidding interior. Their mission: chart and survey the region and establish a permanent meteorological base 8,000 feet high on the ice cap. That plan turned into an epic survival ordeal when August Courtauld, manning the station solo through the winter, became entombed by drifting snow. David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and rich archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the ingenious young explorer at its helm"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hanapepe Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 919.8204 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Roberts Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Ro Checked out 05/21/2024 Add Copy to MyList Waialua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8204 Ro Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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