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ABANDONED. People with snow blindness in the North. Not Lost in the Barrens
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Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition by Richard Lloyd Parry?
No, It wouldn't be either of them, but thanks for trying.It's almost certainly fiction as I didn't venture into non fiction very much and it's most likely geared for children or young adults like Lost in the Barrens, but it's remotely possible that it's an adult book.
Survival, snow -- children's/young adult fictionHave you eliminated all these? If yes let me know and I'll do a search later.
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Still looking, thanks.I looked through those books, Bookel and nothing caught my eye, but I couldn't say for sure it wasn't there. Thanks for posting it.
I remember so little about this. I was totally shocked when the scene wasn't in Lost in the Barrens. I was positive that was where I'd read it, but discovered in a reread of a childhood favourite that the scene wasn't there.
Your paragraph has good details. I will keep an eye out myself when searching and reading.
Was it the story of two brothers, who lived with their father in Alaska, or somewhere with lots of snow? They had lessons over the radio. One day the dad left for some reason, and when he didn't get back, the boys decided to go look for him; I think they may have been trying to catch a train going by? But then a blizzard hits, and they get lost in the snow. They hid out in a snow cave for a bit, and one of the boys does go snow blind, and they made a covering for his eyes so they can keep going.If it is this book, it was a scholastic book club book in the early 70s. I thought it was called Snowblind, but that may have been the subtitle. I am also mixing it up with Lost in the Barrens, but I think it's because the scholastic title of that was Two Against the North, and the title of this book may be something similar. Two in the Snow, or Snow Train, or...something. I was looking through some of the scholastic books, but nothing came up. The cover had two boys huddled together under a tree, with heavy coats with hoods and fur trim, in shades of white and blue.
If this is the book, I'll keep thinking!
I'm honestly not sure. The two boys part fits my memories and the time frame fits, but I really can't remember any more of it.I thought that they had been found by an aboriginal community, who made the eye coverings, but it's possible that they made the coverings themselves. If you can think of it, I'll take a look and see if I can find it and read it to see if it's the book I was thinking of.
School Train! I found it! It's by Helen Ackers. I don't know if it's the right one, because the description I found looks like it's focused more on getting to the train to go to school, and doesn't mention the father at all. But take a look and see what you think.There is a sequel to Lost in the Barrens called The Curse of the Viking Grave. It wasn't in that one, was it? The two original boys gain a third, from an Inuit community. He has red hair because his father was a trapper. There may be a snow blind incident in that one too.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't The School Train but I didn't remember that there was a sequel to Lost in the Barrens. The name is familiar, so I think I've read it. I'll have to read The Curse of the Viking Grave again and see if that's it. Thanks so much for your effort. I've got a copy out and it's next on my read list.
Bookel, I had a much more careful look at the books in the list, and I'm pretty sure that none of them are the books that I'm looking for. The ones that looked most promising were all much too new. Thanks again for posting it though,
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Is it Black Diamonds? I remember this scene! And this book was really hard to track down, too!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
While searching for a gold mother lode, the Morgans and their two friends come upon a pool covered with iridescent oil. Could it be "black diamonds", as oil is known by those who seek it? Sequel to "Frozen Fire". (Google Books)
alternative cover image: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/ja...
and another: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamonds...
James Houston is the only three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. His young adult novels include The Falcon Bow, Black Diamonds, Frozen Fire, Songs of the Dream People, Ghost Paddle, Eagle Mask and Wolf Run. Born in Toronto, Houston is an accomplished author, illustrator, sculptor, filmmaker and Arctic naturalist. Houston travelled to the Arctic in 1948, and stayed there until 1962, living and working with the Inuit. (ref: https://www.morganhillbookstore.com/b...)
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What's the Name of That Book???
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Seven Black Diamonds (other topics)The Curse of the Viking Grave (other topics)
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Jennifer Niven (other topics)Richard Lloyd Parry (other topics)
I don't remember any more of the book, because I thought that it was Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat - (an excellent read if you like survival stories by the way), but I just re-read that book and the scene I remember was not in it, though the boys do get snow blindness.
I think that this was a survival story, but now I'm not sure, though it was unlikely I would have read a book set in the far North if it wasn't a survival story.
I probably read the book somewhere in the late '80s, but again, since I was expecting the book to be Lost in the Barrens, now I'm not sure. It feels like it would have been around that time though.
I'd love to find this book again