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A classic Arctic tale of a harrowing 2,500-mile journey of discovery.
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One of the last great northern sledging expeditions as well as a first-hand account of the Alaska gold rush.
"Mikkelsen's description of his 2,500-mile journey in Mirage in the Arctic has a rollicking, novelistic quality: now our hero has a hairsbreadth escape from a rising tide, now he's entrusted with a $40,000 bag of gold, now he finds the frozen corpses of some prospectors, and now he meets a proverbial pistol-packin' mama. Such incidents almost make you forget that his epic trip was scarcely less demanding than a traverse of the Greenland Ice Cap or a crossing of the Sahara.
His devil-may-care attitude toward danger suggests an Indiana Jones of the Arctic. And like his Hollywood counterpart, Mikkelsen felt most at home when he was farthest from home."-from the Introduction
Ejnar Mikkelsen, born in 1880, was one of the foremost Arctic explorers of the twentieth century. As a person who thrived on risk, he often seems like a prototype for today's devotees of "extreme adventure." He died in 1971 at the age of ninety.
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"Mikkelsen's description of his 2,500-mile journey in Mirage in the Arctic has a rollicking, novelistic quality: now our hero has a hairsbreadth escape from a rising tide, now he's entrusted with a $40,000 bag of gold, now he finds the frozen corpses of some prospectors, and now he meets a proverbial pistol-packin' mama. Such incidents almost make you forget that his epic trip was scarcely less demanding than a traverse of the Greenland Ice Cap or a crossing of the Sahara.
His devil-may-care attitude toward danger suggests an Indiana Jones of the Arctic. And like his Hollywood counterpart, Mikkelsen felt most at home when he was farthest from home."-from the Introduction
Ejnar Mikkelsen, born in 1880, was one of the foremost Arctic explorers of the twentieth century. As a person who thrived on risk, he often seems like a prototype for today's devotees of "extreme adventure." He died in 1971 at the age of ninety.
Ejnar Mikkelsen, born in Denmark in 1880, was a self-described out-of-work
explorer shackled by what he called the “fettering ties of civilization.” While not
a household name even in his native land, he is considered a significant explorer
who thrived on risk. He died in 1970.
Lawrence Millman has written for Smithsonian, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Islands, Summit, and many other magazines. His books include Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Hero Jesse, A Kayak Full of Ghosts, Wolverine Creates the World, The Wrong-Handed Man, and Last Places. When not on the road, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
explorer shackled by what he called the “fettering ties of civilization.” While not
a household name even in his native land, he is considered a significant explorer
who thrived on risk. He died in 1970.
Lawrence Millman has written for Smithsonian, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Islands, Summit, and many other magazines. His books include Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Hero Jesse, A Kayak Full of Ghosts, Wolverine Creates the World, The Wrong-Handed Man, and Last Places. When not on the road, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- Publication date2005
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