Icebound

De: Andrea Pitzer

Narrado por: Fred Sanders

A riveting tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions – the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.

The human story has always been one of perseverance – often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of sixteenth-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew, who ventured further north than any Europeans before and, on their third polar expedition, lost their ship off the frozen coast of Nova Zembla to unforgiving ice. The men would spend the next year fighting off ravenous polar bears, gnawing hunger and endless winter.

In Icebound, Andrea Pitzer masterfully combines a gripping tale of survival with a sweeping history of the great Age of Exploration – a time of hope, adventure and seemingly unlimited geographic frontiers.

©2020 Andrea Pitzer (P)2020 Simon & Schuster UK

Reseñas de la Crítica

'Gripping...One of the great epics of human endurance' (Simon Griffith)

'A fascinating modern telling of Barents’s expeditions...Pitzer presents a compelling narrative situated in the context of Dutch imperial ambition' (Michael O'Donnell)

'Andrea Pitzer's worthy and superb account keeps us enthralled to the last chilling word' (Dean King)

'Engrossing...Andrea Pitzer brigns Barents' three harrowing expeditions to vivid life' (Hampton Sides)