Into the Great Emptiness

Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

David Roberts

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English

Norton
23 December 2022

Biography: general; History of science; Geographical discovery & exploration; Cartography, map-making & projections; The Earth: natural history general; Travel & holiday

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story.

In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a 23-year-old explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious journey to the east coast of Greenland and its vast and forbidding interior. Their mission: chart and survey the region and establish a permanent meteorological base 8,000 feet high on the ice cap. That plan turned into an epic survival ordeal when August Courtauld, manning the station solo through the winter, became entombed by drifting snow.

David Roberts, ?veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures? (Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and rich archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the ingenious young explorer at its helm.

By: David Roberts
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780393868111
ISBN 10: 0393868117
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 23 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Roberts (1943-2021) is the author of thirty books on mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology. His books have won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Competition.

Reviews for Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

For the subject of what turned out to be his final project, David Roberts selected a fascinating, little-known British explorer with odd charisma and an insatiable hunger for treacherous adventures. Into the Great Emptiness is a gripping saga-and one of Roberts' finest books. -- Jon Krakauer Roberts knows how to tell a good story, and he draws on firsthand accounts from team members to depict their excursions in harrowing detail. Perfect for fans of adventure stories, this one hits all the marks. -- Publishers Weekly