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Indlæser... Alone in Antarcticaaf Felicity Aston
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"In the whirling noise of our advancing technological age, we are seemingly never alone, never out-of-touch with the barrage of electronic data and information. Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman -- and only the third person in history - to ski across the entire continent of Antarctica alone. She did it, too, with the simple apparatus of cross-country, without the aids used by her prededecessors - two Norwegian men - each of whom employed either parasails or kites. Aston's journey across the ice at the bottom of the world asked of her the extremes in terms of mental and physical bravery, as she faced the risks of unseen cracks buried in the snow so large they might engulf her and hypothermia due to brutalizing weather. She had to deal, too, with her emotional vulnerability in face of the constant bombardment of hallucinations brought on by the vast sea of whiteness, the lack of stimulation to her senses as she faced what is tantamount to a form of solitary confinement. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Felicity Aston's Alone in Antarctica becomes an inspirational saga of one woman's battle through fear and loneliness as she honestly confronts both the physical challenges of her adventure, as well as her own human vulnerabilities. "-- No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)919.8904History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polar regions AntarcticaLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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In this expedition she undertook another Antarctic challenge, going solo across the entire continent, a feat that had only been completed by two other men previously. Antarctica is one of the driest, harshest and most unforgiving of places on this planet, and any lapse or mishap will be fatal.
On this trip she used all her polar experience and discipline. What she prepared for, but found the hardest was the mental effort. Several time she is at the point of no return, because of loneliness, fear and despair, but in the end she managed to be mentally strong enough to claw her way back.
I though that the writing was a lot better than her previous book, you felt the rawness of her emotions, both positive and negative. The descriptions of the polar landscape were captivating too. It is a place that you think wouldn't change, but it can change in an hour because of the storms and the storms and the unique weather system there. Brilliant book, can highly recommend it. ( )