Emperors of the Ice

by Richard Farr

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Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard has always dreamt of becoming an explorer. So in the spring of 1910, when Captain Robert Falcon Scott offers young 'Cherry' the position of Assistant Zoologist aboard the Terra Nova, Cherry considers himself the luckiest man alive. Cherry's luck, however, will soon change. Far off in the icy unknown of Antarctica, where temperatures plummet below -77[degrees]F, exploration is synonymous with a struggle for life. Frostbite, scurvy, hidden ice chasms, and packs of hungry killer whales are very real dangers. But even these perils don't prepare Cherry for the expedition he and two other crew members...Read more
  • ISBN10 0374319758
  • ISBN13 9780374319755
  • Publish Date 30 September 2008
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 20 December 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
  • Edition Annotated edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 217
  • Language English