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On Thin Ice:An Epic Final Quest Into the Melting Arctic by Eric Larsen 3 stars
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Jun 07, 2019 08:28AM
Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters undertake an unsupported trip, no food drops and they have to carry everything on sleds they pull, to the north pole. They wanted to undertake the trip before global warming made it impossible. The ice sheets covering the pole are rapidly melting. The book is full of pictures showing the conditions they had to travel through. Larsen does a good job of depicting how grueling the trip was. He does get a bit repetitive, especially in describing previous trips he had made to the poles and the difference between the south and north poles. Since he partially did the trip to raise awareness of global warming I wish there had been more information in the book about global warming.
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Wow-I have never heard of this one-I usually enjoy Larsen-I am going to add it and see what happens!
I've added it too. I love arctic/Antarctic adventure in November when it is 39C here and 98% humidity during the build-up. This sounds perfect as I can pretend to be cold and be reminded it is only getting hotter all at once.
I read this one last year and I thought it was very well done.
Ellen wrote: "I read this one last year and I thought it was very well done."I'm pretty sure it was your review that had me add it to my tbr .
Oh! You’re welcome, I hope.
Ellen wrote: "Oh! You’re welcome, I hope."I did enjoy it so I'm glad I added it to my tbr pile. I can't imagine going through everything they did just to reach the north pole.
