Riding the ice wind
Subtitle: by kite and sledge across Antarctica
By: Alastair Vere Nicoll ; foreword by Bear Grylls
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781848853065
Subjects: Description and travel; Self-actualization (Psychology); Travel; Sledding; Kite surfing
Description: Adrift in a life without risk or surprise and with a burning desire to make some sense of his place in the world, Alastair Vere Nicoll dived into the unknown. Leaving the security of friends, work and a wife, he joined a team of young men to haul and kite-surf across Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, most violent continent on earth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-253).

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