Facing the Frozen Ocean : One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic - Hardcover

Bear Grylls

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405041501 ISBN 13: 9781405041508

Publisher: Pan MacMillan, 2004

Synopsis

The compelling account of The Arnold and Son Trans Atlantic Arctic Expedition 2003 by the team leader and author of the bestselling Facing Up. The expedition aims to set a World Record for the first complete crossing of the North Atlantic just south of the Arctic Circle in an `open` rigid inflatable boat (RIB). There has been only one previous attempt in an RIB back in 1997, which ended in disaster. Across the Frozen Ocean is the riveting first-hand account of this extraordinary journey. Beginning in July 2003, the RIB will set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia and across the infamous Labrador Sea, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world, and the location for the `Perfect Storm`. From there the route leads to the vast ice packs off the coast of Greenland and from there the team will navigate a route through the ice, around Southern Greenland and across the Arctic Sea to Iceland. After the last refuel in Iceland, there remains the 800-mile leg down to the north coast of Scotland, and Cape Wrath, one of the most remote and storm-ridden areas on the route. Compelling, vivid and inspirational, Across the Frozen Ocean will appeal to all Bear Grylls` many readers and win him many more. - Facing Up was hardcover bestseller.

About this title

About the Author:

Bear Grylls spent three years with the British Special Forces. During this time he had a horrendous parachuting accident in southern Africa, breaking his back in three places. Three years later he overcame the odds to become one of the youngest British climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and this story forms the basis for his bestselling memoir, Facing Up. Bear Grylls is one of the most successful motivational speakers on the world circuit.

Review:

"'An epic story of hardship, friendship and faith' Daily Telegraph '[Grylls'] writing allows you to feel you are sitting alongside him on his adventure... I could taste the salt spray in every sentence and the bone numbing chill in every paragraph' Herald Express 'Grylls is certainly proof that the age of great explorers has not completely passed us by.' Scotsman"

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405041501
• ISBN 13: 9781405041508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336