Riding the Ice Wind: By Kite and Sledge across Antarctica by Alistair Vere Nicoll, Foreword by Bear Grylls

Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author at the top of the title page thus: "Dominic, To living your dreams! Alastair"; I.B. Tauris 2010 1st ed with a Foreword by Bear Grylls, 258pp., text generally sound, very slight staining to the page extremities at the very top, side and bottom, spine cocked and boards very slightly warped, very minor bumping and rubbing to the top, bottom and sides of boards - heavier to the top and bottom of the spine, very slight fading to the top of both boards and spine, both boards very slightly marked, the dust jacket has slight internal yellowing and a small patch of staining to the bottom of the front & top of the rear, the top of both the rear and spine are rubbed and creased (& also just below the top of the latter), small patch of creasing to the front bottom left hand side, front cover slightly marked, the rear has a crease down the right hand side with another much smaller one to its right along with some marks, scratches and indentations.


Adrift in a life without risk or surprise and with a burning desire to make some sense of his place in the world, Alastair Vere Nicoll dived
into the unknown. Leaving the security of friends, work and a wife, he joined a team of young men to harness the katabatic winds and haul and kite-surf across Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, most violent continent on earth. For Alastair, Antarctica was a land of legend and
mystery, the ultimate test of strength, endurance and bravery; a place where he might feed his restlessness and find meaning in the
emptiness. Not since Shackleton had nearly perished attempting the same thing in his Endurance expedition had such a crossing been
attempted.

This is the story of the first West to East traverse of the continent of Antarctica and of a race against time as Alastair fought to get
home for the birth of his first child. Told with honesty and wisdom and adorned with some bewitching descriptions of Antarctica, Riding
the Ice Wind is a compelling and subtly important book for our times.

 'A remarkable journey in the footsteps of Roald Amundsen, the first man to the South Pole. Riding the Ice Wind is a thoroughly engaging
and personal story that makes the mental landscape of a polar expedition relevant to the myriad decisions and struggles we face in
real life - and from which we often wish to escape.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes


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