Approaching Ice

By Elizabeth Bradfield

This collection portrays the gripping history of polar exploration by channeling its most notable figures--Symmes, Mawson, Scott, Cherry-Garrard, Byrd, and Shackleton among them. From their perspectives and her own, Elizabeth Bradfield relays the wonders and dangers, physical and mental, encountered while endeavoring to reach the earth's least-hospitable regions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892553553
• ISBN13: 9780892553556
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.0"