Spindrift

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In 2015, struggling to cope with the pressures of everyday life and losing his eyesight, Englishman Chris Lambert stumbled across the 1888 journal of Norwegian explorer Fritjof Nansen's in which he describes the first ever crossing of the Greenland ice cap. Lambert was suddenly struck with the urge to make that same journey himself, to do something completely different, and to immerse himself in a challenge that might help to give him a new perspective on life.SPINDRIFT is the story of a less-than-averagely fit, middle-aged man's journey into an icy wilderness in which he hopes to rediscover a part of himself that has become lost, trapped in the confines of the everyday. The book describes his own cavalier preparations in the UK, the shock of do-or-die polar training in Arctic Norway, and the month-long crossing of Greenland following in Nansen's footsteps with an eclectic bunch of five strangers from around the world who came to depend on each other for their lives.Written with a dry humour, an awestruck eye for Nature, the pace of an adventure story and admiration for the adventurous 'heroes' of the past, SPINDRIFT tackles topical issues such as global warming (Greenland's ice is melting at an unprecedented rate), how people deal with mental health problems, friendship, our relationship with the few wild places left on the planet, and how we simply keep ourselves going every day.SPINDRIFT has broad appeal: it is current yet addresses perennial issues of the human condition; it is funny and readable yet explores deeper questions. But a word of warning - should you require some specialist advice to inform a future polar rambling of your own then SPINDRIFT will be of little practical use. If, however, you enjoy a good laugh at someone else's expense rather than suffering yourself, and if you prefer your ice in a gin and tonic rather than at minus forty with your trousers down, then this book could be right up your street. Certainly while some of the challenges that Chris Lambert faced while navigating through a polar wilderness with frozen goggles and tunnel vision were unique to Greenland others were not so very different from the kind of dramas that anyone who has ever been camping with small children will be familiar with - chronic sleep deprivation, appalling personal hygiene, and that sinking feeling when the booze has all run out.Most people should, therefore, be able to relate directly to many of the stories within SPINDRIFT, and during these difficult times when once great nations are struggling to find their place in the world again it is reassuring to know just how unfunny a British sense of humour can still be to a foreigner with frostbite. SPINDRIFT is subtitled 'The Expedition of International Misunderstanding' for good reason...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798636544685
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 468
  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8636544688
  • Publisher Date: 12 Apr 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 680 gr


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