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They laughed at him in London.
“If you yourself seek death,” they said, “that’s your own affair. But to drag other men with you is quite simply criminal!”
Maybe it was.
The Jeannette had sunk. Crushed by ice and sunk. Most of its crewmen never made it home. But no, the Fram would be different. Nansen had overseen construction of a vessel that would withstand the devastating pressure of the Arctic floes, to drift unscathed with nature towards the North Pole.
When their ship had survived the winter of 1894 but had failed to reach its destination, he and Johansen had set out on foot with the hope of planting the Norwegian flag at the top of the world.
They had not. They could not. The terrain had been impassable.
Now, a year later, the two men were still bound for home, desperately fighting for survival and living off the inhospitable ice, disoriented within unending months of darkness or sunlight, with no sense of time or place.
And God, how he missed his family – Eva and Liv. They were what kept him moving south, what kept him moving…
Forward.
“If you yourself seek death,” they said, “that’s your own affair. But to drag other men with you is quite simply criminal!”
Maybe it was.
The Jeannette had sunk. Crushed by ice and sunk. Most of its crewmen never made it home. But no, the Fram would be different. Nansen had overseen construction of a vessel that would withstand the devastating pressure of the Arctic floes, to drift unscathed with nature towards the North Pole.
When their ship had survived the winter of 1894 but had failed to reach its destination, he and Johansen had set out on foot with the hope of planting the Norwegian flag at the top of the world.
They had not. They could not. The terrain had been impassable.
Now, a year later, the two men were still bound for home, desperately fighting for survival and living off the inhospitable ice, disoriented within unending months of darkness or sunlight, with no sense of time or place.
And God, how he missed his family – Eva and Liv. They were what kept him moving south, what kept him moving…
Forward.
229 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2022
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E. Stuart Marlowe
12 books8 followersE. Stuart Marlowe is the Amazon bestselling author of Menagerie and Call of the Kaiju. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, who has directed two features, Blood Rush and Horror House. Splatter is loosely based on his experiences producing these films. His third feature, Abruptio, stars Robert Englund, James Marsters, Sid Haig and Jordan Peele. He resides in Southern California.
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March 31, 2023
I love it when a good story has historical roots, and that feature was my favorite part of this book. As two fantastic journeys are recounted, I was impressed with the attention paid to historical detail. The two stories are intertwined throughout, with jarring transitions that never let the reader get comfortable or too immersed in the narrative. I'm sure that's exactly what Marlowe intended, because my disorientation made the harsh conditions come alive! More than once, my head was swirling, and I was longing for a blanket and cozy slippers to combat the freezing cold environments in which I was immersed. Not only was I swept up in the emotions of those who were embarking on these quests, but the hardships they endured were palpable. The novel viscerally portrays both the joy and suffering experienced by those with an insatiable quest for exploration.
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