Planet Ice, James Martin
Kapitan Khlebnikov is quite a character. You don’t have to take my word for it. In the past few months, three books have been released in which the icebreaker is mentioned. Yes, that ship is a star.
Planet Ice by photographer James Martin will be released this month. I haven’t read the essays or viewed the photos. But it is a book about BIG ICE…so I’ve moved the book to the top of my reading list.
In September, Return to Antarctica by Adrian Raeside was released by Wiley. Adrian dropped by the office during his book tour across Canada. Besides being an internationally syndicated cartoonist, children’s author, and all round nice guy, he is the grandson of one of the members of Scott’s last Antarctic expedition – Sir Charles (Silas) Wright. Adrian’s marvellous book brings to life the nameless faces in Ponting’s photographs.
The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North West Passage by Andrew Lambert was released by Yale University Press. Andrew’s book reinterprets the motivations behind the search for the Northwest Passage and makes 19th century Hobart sound like the Athens of the Southern Hemisphere. He writes about the consequences of celebrity worship and how the pursuit of Science can result in tragedy. You can travel with Andrew aboard Kapitan Khlebnikov. He will be the special guest during our Northwest Passage expedition in 2010.
