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Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865-1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Adrift on an Ice-Pan tells the story of Grenfell's 1908 travels by dog sled in Newfoundland to see a patient who needed immediate attention. Greenfell took a short-cut across a frozen... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

In Adrift on an Ice-Pan, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell recounts his harrowing survival story after becoming stranded on an ice floe off the coast of Newfoundland. Facing freezing temperatures, scarce supplies, and isolation, Grenfell's faith and resilience are put to the ultimate test... Read Full Overview

The unimaginative title suggests nothing of the spirit that dominates this little book... It is a story of service and courage, told with manly simplicity, and now and then a touch of real humor.

A journey of grit, ice, and the stubborn will to endure-this is Adrift On An Ice-Pan, reimagined for today's readers and tomorrow's collectors. Sir Wilfred Grenfell's travel memoir unfolds with the clarity of a turning compass, tracing a voyage into the heart of arctic exploration... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Adrift on an ice-pan This book, "Adrift on an ice-pan", by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, is a replication of a book originally published before 1909. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Adrift on an Ice-Pan by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell "A citizen of Britain is before you, once a student in this University, now better known to the people of the New World than to our own. This is the man who fifteen years ago went to the coast of Labrador, to succor with medical... Read Full Overview

Adrift On An Ice Pan is a memoir written by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell in 1909. The book tells the story of Grenfell's harrowing experience of being stranded on an ice pan in the Labrador Sea while on a mission to provide medical aid to a remote community in Newfoundland. Grenfell,... Read Full Overview