Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey - Softcover

Joanna Grochowicz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1760630039 ISBN 13: 9781760630034

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Children's Books, 2017

Synopsis

If you're into happy endings, best look someplace else. This story does not end well. This is a story where men die and their dreams of greatness with them. But it is a fine story and one that is worth telling, from heroic beginning to tragic end. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs, followed a man they trusted into the unknown. Battling storms at sea, impenetrable pack ice, man-eating whales, crevasses, blizzards, bad food, extreme temperatures, and equal measures of hunger, agony and snow blindness, the team pushes on against all odds. But will the weather hold? Will their rations be adequate? How will they know when they get there? And who invited the Norwegians? Into the White will leave you on the edge of your seat, hoping against hope that Scott and his men just might survive their Antarctic ordeal and live to tell the tale.

About this title

Review:

"[A] thoughtful and satisfying account." --ForeWord Reviews

"[R]eaders who cherish good adventure yarns will be enthralled." --Booklist Online

About the Author:

Joanna Grochowicz has a background in foreign languages and literature and has enjoyed a varied career working with words in both corporate and not-for- profit sectors. Into the White is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin Children's Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1760630039
• ISBN 13: 9781760630034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288