Innocents In The Arctic.

Innocents In The Arctic

Colin Bull

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Innocents In The Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition by Colin Bull (who was awarded the Polar Medal by Queen Elizabeth II and the Antarctic Service Medal by the U.S. Government, and who has made more than twenty-five polar expeditions during his distinguished career as a glaciologist) writes with personal expertise because he was the cook and glaciologist on the trip that saw ten naive young Birmingham men venturing north to the nearly uninhabited, ice-covered island of Spitsbergen in 1951. The scientific progress of this that ensured was despite misfortunes caused by calamitous weather, an unworthy ship, and an entertaining by ill-informed approach to arctic survival. Bull's realistic, deftly written insider story of arctic adventure is especially recommended reading for armchair adventurers, arctic exploration historians, and polar enthusiasts.