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1822041Against the Icehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/against-the-ice-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/200600/0cbdfcd6-10c3-4b30-a77c-ebac8c8bf48f.jpg?v=638333784997130000268348MXNSteerforth PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The harrowingand often amusingtrue survival story of two mismatched Arctic explorers on a historic expedition gone horrible wrong.</strong></p><p><strong>Now a Netflix film co-written by and starring <em>Game of Thrones</em> actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau!</strong></p><p>Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910, he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Pearys outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen was a mechanic who joined Mikkelsen in Iceland when the expeditions boat needed repair.</p><p>Several months later, Mikkelsen and Iversen embarked on an incredible journey during which they would suffer every imaginable Arctic travail: implacable cold, scurvy, starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, plunges into icy seawater, impossible sledding conditions, Vitamin A poisoning, debilitated dogs, apocalyptic storms, gaping crevasses, and assorted mortifications of the flesh. Mikkelsens diary was even eaten by a bear.</p><p>Three years of this, coupled with seemingly no hope of rescue, would drive most crazy, yet the two retained both their sanity as well as their humor.</p><p>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who co-adapted the book into a screenplay, provides the foreword to this new edition of the classic exploration memoir, which was one of <em>The Explorers Club</em>s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.</p>...1793867Against the Ice268348https://www.gandhi.com.mx/against-the-ice-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/200600/0cbdfcd6-10c3-4b30-a77c-ebac8c8bf48f.jpg?v=638333784997130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781586423353_W3siaWQiOiI2ZjFkMDkzNC1mMDQxLTRiODgtOTg0Ny0xMjc0OTA3ZjMzZTkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjc4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI2MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMTJUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781586423353_<p><strong>Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)</strong></p><p><strong>The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong</strong></p><p>Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Pearys outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen was a mechanic who joined Mikkelsen in Iceland when the expeditions boat needed repair.</p><p>Several months later, Mikkelsen and Iversen embarked on an incredible journey during which they would suffer every imaginable Arctic travail: implacable cold, scurvy, starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, plunges into icy seawater, impossible sledding conditions, Vitamin A poisoning, debilitated dogs, apocalyptic storms, gaping crevasses, and assorted mortifications of the flesh. Mikkelsens diary was even eaten by a bear.</p><p>Three years of this, coupled with seemingly no hope of rescue, would drive most crazy, yet the two retained both their sanity as well as their humor.</p><p>Indeed, what may have saved them was their refusal to become as desolate as their surroundings</p><p>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who co-adapted the book into a screenplay, provides a new foreword to this brand-new edition of the classic exploration memoir, which was one of The Explorers Clubs 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.</p><p>Originally published as <em>Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity.</em> Translated from the Danish by Maurice Michael.</p>(*_*)9781586423353_<p><strong>The harrowingand often amusingtrue survival story of two mismatched Arctic explorers on a historic expedition gone horrible wrong.</strong></p><p><strong>Now a Netflix film co-written by and starring <em>Game of Thrones</em> actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau!</strong></p><p>Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910, he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Pearys outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen was a mechanic who joined Mikkelsen in Iceland when the expeditions boat needed repair.</p><p>Several months later, Mikkelsen and Iversen embarked on an incredible journey during which they would suffer every imaginable Arctic travail: implacable cold, scurvy, starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, plunges into icy seawater, impossible sledding conditions, Vitamin A poisoning, debilitated dogs, apocalyptic storms, gaping crevasses, and assorted mortifications of the flesh. Mikkelsens diary was even eaten by a bear.</p><p>Three years of this, coupled with seemingly no hope of rescue, would drive most crazy, yet the two retained both their sanity as well as their humor.</p><p>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who co-adapted the book into a screenplay, provides the foreword to this new edition of the classic exploration memoir, which was one of <em>The Explorers Club</em>s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.</p>...9781586423353_Steerforth Presslibro_electonico_590c3543-72a8-3039-bd4b-ef2bc699e968_9781586423353;9781586423353_9781586423353Ejnar MikkelsenInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-cd8fde6a-523e-465e-a9ac-65d2bc875d6d.epub2022-01-11T00:00:00+00:00Steerforth Press