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A review by pferdina
Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap by David Roberts
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
The story of Gino Watkins adventurous life of Arctic exploration. Leader of four expeditions before he was 25 years old. He rounded up other brave young British men and some funding just to go on larks, or so it seems. Outgoing, cheerful, intensely private, and somehow inspiring. He doesn’t make it back from the last journey.
This book focuses on the 1930-1931 expedition to monitor the weather on top of Greenland’s glaciers, but Watkins’s early life and the fates of all the men of the group are also given plenty of space.
This book focuses on the 1930-1931 expedition to monitor the weather on top of Greenland’s glaciers, but Watkins’s early life and the fates of all the men of the group are also given plenty of space.