Ice Island
Subtitle: The Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing
Published: October 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781593730178
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Travel; Antarctica; Polar Regions; Science / Earth Sciences
First sentence: The Antarctic sun glowed red on the horizon at 1 a.m. A mile from the deck of Braveheart an iceberg the size of six city blocks -the iceberg to which we'd been tethered just hours before-heaved upwards, one end pausing high in the air like the bow of a foundering ship.