Synopses & Reviews
Rolf Bjelke and Deborah Shapiro plan to sail their 40-foot boat from Sweden to the Antarctic Peninsula and then spend a winter there, deliberately allowing the ice to trap them and hold them hostage in this hostile environment. Would their
Northern Light survive the trip only to be crushed by the ice? Could they endure the cold and wind? Would the ice release them the following summer? This adventure contasts the beauty of fiery sunsets, misty mountains, and aquamarine ice caves with punishing storms at sea, deafening winds, and crashing waves from capsizing icebergs.
Time on Ice is a superbly narrated and photographed odyssey to the last wilderness on earth.
"In prose that is at times spellbinding, [Shapiro and Bjelke] detail adventures here that readers will thoroughly enjoy in the warmth of their own homes."--Publishers Weekly
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 No Time to Talk
2 Crossing the North Atlantic
3 Good Luck
4 Ahhh, Cruising
5 A New and Different Kind of Challenge
6 The Never-Ending Ocean
7 Dirty Dancing in Rio
8 Do You Recognize Me?
9 Pregnant Turtle
10 Tempest Fugit
11 Jet Scream
12 In and Out, Bad and Good News
13 Hero U.
14 Voyage to the Knife
15 While the Clock Runs
16 The Last Breath
17 Settling In
18 A Continent to Ourselves
19 Chanterelles and Blueberries
20 Darkness, Despair, and Cabin Fever
21 Month of Thunk
22 The Pleasant Setback
23 Even More Birthdays
24 The Ice Cometh Now?
25 A Glass of Water Please
26 Closing the Circle
27 Appendices
A. Northern Light: History and Lines Drawings
B. Weather Observations
C. Provision List
Glossary of Sailing Terms