Against the Ice
The Classic Arctic Survival Story
$27.36
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2022
Summary
Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong.
Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Peary’s outline of the E…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781586423346 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1586423347 |
| Author: | Ejnar Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau |
| Publisher: | Steerforth Press |
| Imprint: | Steerforth Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 208mm x 139mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
“One of the Hundred Best Books of Twentieth-Century Exploration”
– The Explorer’s Club
“Readers will be amazed and amused by the way the two explorers keep their spirits about them and downplay the terrifying dangers as though it were all in good fun. Fascinating and fun reading.”
– Booklist
“Mikkelsen is an artisan of cold places, and if his labors are mighty and consuming, they are also of love.”
– Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880-1971) was a veteran of expeditions to Arctic Greenland, Siberia, and Alaska before directing the ill-fated Alabama expedition. Following that ordeal, Mikkelsen continued to lead expeditions to the “earthly paradise” of Greenland in 1925 and 1932. He made his final trip to that same stretch of inhospitable coast in 1964; by this time Greenlanders were addressing him affectionately as “Grandfather.”
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor and producer who co-adapted Mikkelsen’s classic Arctic survival story into the Netflix feature film in which he also stars. Widely known for his work on Game of Thrones, Coster-Waldau is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change.
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