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Into the Great Emptiness - Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap (Hardcover)
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Into the Great Emptiness - Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap (Hardcover)
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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.
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