{"product_id":"against-the-ice-the-classic-arctic-survival-story-9781586423346","title":"Against the Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major Netflix film \u003c\/b\u003eco-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe harrowing, amazing, and often amusing \u003cb\u003epersonal account \u003c\/b\u003eof two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEjnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Peary's outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen was a mechanic who joined Mikkelsen in Iceland when the expedition's boat needed repair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeveral months later, Mikkelsen and Iversen embarked on an incredible journey during which they would suffer every imaginable Arctic travail: implacable cold, scurvy, starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, plunges into icy seawater, impossible sledding conditions, Vitamin A poisoning, debilitated dogs, apocalyptic storms, gaping crevasses, and assorted mortifications of the flesh. Mikkelsen's diary was even eaten by a bear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years of this, coupled with seemingly no hope of rescue, would drive most crazy, yet the two retained both their sanity as well as their humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndeed, what may have saved them was their refusal to become as desolate as their surroundings... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNikolaj Coster-Waldau, who co-adapted the book into a screenplay, provides a new foreword to this brand-new edition of the classic exploration memoir, which was one of The Explorer's Club's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eTwo Against the Ice: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity. \u003c\/i\u003eTranslated from the Danish by Maurice Michael.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11284597\"\u003eEjnar Mikkelsen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586423346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586423347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO023000\"\u003eAdventurers \u0026amp; Explorers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS046000\"\u003ePolar Regions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS051000\"\u003eExpeditions \u0026amp; Discoveries\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832837046411,"sku":"9781586423346","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_4b54b647-2acc-4bf0-945c-5b09c00de3cd.jpg?v=1755624373","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/against-the-ice-the-classic-arctic-survival-story-9781586423346","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}