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Ice Journey is the biography of Vietnam veteran Dave Morgan, whose
long career in meteorology culminated with a life-changing
expedition to Antarctica. Like many of his fellow soldiers, Dave
tried to present a "normal" face to the world while battling Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. It was a debilitating struggle that
ultimately sparked a personal obsession to escape the bonds of
average Australian society. In his early fifties, Dave turned to
the seclusion and hardship of Antarctic research where postings to
Macquarie Island, Davis Station and a prized position at Casey
Station, finally forced him to face his fears, deal with his PTSD
and come to terms with his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam.
Dave carries his deeply buried demons from the jungles of Vietnam
to the icy peaks of Antarctica; his journey to the ice fulfilling a
lifelong dream while making him feel safe for the first time in 30
years. His experiences as an expeditioner on the starkly beautiful,
harsh and inhospitable 'ice' was at once intoxicating and
isolating, providing the catalyst for Dave to finally face his
fears. It is an emotional journey that transports the reader from
the terror of a young soldier fighting far away from home to
exhilaration on the ice far from the rest of the world. It is a
story filled with vivid landscapes and humour before a shocking
final twist that ends his final posting in heartwrenching fashion.
While the ghosts of Vietnam still exist inside Dave, Ice Journey is
an invitation to share in his experiences and the dream that helped
him stop running and begin to heal. "Living in Antarctica was
peaceful, and so different. I could've lived there quite happily
for the next 20 years. Though harsh and dangerous, I felt safer
down there than I ever will here." Dave Morgan
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