Wanderlust : an eccentric explorer, an epic journey, a lost age
Mitenbuler, Reid2023
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Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him... But if Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything. Freuchen's life seemed ripped from the pages of an adventure novel-and provided fodder for many books of his own. A wildly eccentric Dane with an out-of-nowhere sense of humour, his insatiable curiosity drove him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and from the burgeoning field of climate research to the Danish underground during World War II. He conducted jaw-dropping expeditions, survived a Nazi prison camp, and overcame a devastating injury that robbed him of his foot and very nearly his life. Through it all, he was guided not only by restlessness but also by ideals that were remarkably ahead of his time, championing Indigenous communities, environmental stewardship, and starting conversations that continue today.
Main title:
Wanderlust : an eccentric explorer, an epic journey, a lost age / Reid Mitenbuler.
Author:
Mitenbuler, Reid, author
Imprint:
New York : Sugar23 Books/Mariner Books, [2023]©2023
Collation:
xii, 495 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97800633231559780063323155
Dewey class:
910.92B910
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
543876
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 910 FRE | Available |