Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 - Hardcover

Farr, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374319758 ISBN 13: 9780374319755

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2008

Synopsis

Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard has always dreamt of becoming an explorer. So in the spring of 1910, when Captain Robert Falcon Scott offers young “Cherry” the position of Assistant Zoologist aboard the Terra Nova, Cherry considers himself the luckiest man alive. Cherry’s luck, however, will soon change. Far off in the icy unknown of Antarctica, where temperatures plummet below –77°F, exploration is synonymous with a struggle for life. Frostbite, scurvy, hidden ice chasms, and packs of hungry killer whales are very real dangers. But even these perils don’t prepare Cherry for the expedition he and two other crew members embark upon to collect the eggs of Emperor penguins. Along the way, he will face the elements head-on, risking life and limb in the name of science.   Rife with captivating details of survival in an icy wilderness, and illustrated with dozens of photographs from the actual journey, this reimagining of the famous 1910 expedition to the South Pole, told in Cherry’s voice, is an unforgettable tale of courage and camaraderie.

About this title

About the Author:

RICHARD FARR grew up in England and has worked as a college professor, a journalist, and a gas station attendant, among other things. He now lives in Seattle, Washington. This is his first book

From AudioFile:

With "the historian's benefit of hindsight and the novelist's benefit of insight," Richard Farr uses Apsley Cherry-Garrard's own words to tell a story of courage, and sacrifice, perseverance and madness. Twenty-three-year-old Cherry-Garrard was thrilled to win a spot on Captain Robert F. Scott's 1910 scientific expedition to Antarctica, the last uncharted corner of the world. Michael Page, the voice of Cherry-Garrard, has listeners breathlessly experiencing every hardship, act of bravery, and bone-chilling arctic blast of the disastrous three-year adventure. Farr's reading of the preface and afterword sets the story in the context of the great races to the Poles of the early twentieth century. Aimed at young adult listeners, this will also appeal to adventure-loving adults. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0374319758
• ISBN 13: 9780374319755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240