Scott Jeremy:
Dancing On Ice
A Stirring Tale Of Adventure, Risk And Reckless Folly
Old Street Publishing (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 208 pages
Size: 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9781905847761
ISBN-10: 1905847769
List price: £8.99
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Dancing On Ice
In 1930 the dashing Gino Watkins led a group of fourteen intrepid and largely inexperienced young men (including the author's father) to pioneer the first commercial air route between Europe and America. Alongside high adventure, triumph and tragedy, this is a stunning portrait of two lost worlds - the Inuit hunters of the polar regions and the generation of English men addicted to adventure. One member of the expedition was stranded alone on the ice cap for five months, for much of the time in total darkness. Blizzards raged continuously and temperatures dropped to -41 degrees C. A desperate, last-ditch rescue was attempted...

