Icy Graves: Exploration and Death in the Antarctic

Highlighting the true heroism of Antarctic explorers, the dangers they face and the equipment used to prevail. It is no secret that the Antarctic is one of the most dangerous, forbidding places for explorers to step foot in. The terrain is treacherous, the wildlife predatory and the climate fatal if not adequately prepared for. For the first time, Icy Graves uses a selection of the tragic losses of such famous explorers as Arthur Farrant, Belgrave Ninnis and Robert Falcon Scott to plot the forward progress of Antarctic exploration and sensitively tells, often in their own words, the stories of the men and women who have fallen in what Sir Ernest Shackleton called the “White Warfare of the South’. AUTHOR: Stephen Haddelsey has a PhD from the University of East Anglia and has been elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical and Royal Historical societies. He is currently working with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust as Director of Project South Ice, and is the author of several books, including Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse, and the Manitoba award-winning Operation Tabarin: Britain’s Secret Wartime Expedition to Antarctica 1944 46 (all The History Press). SELLING POINTS: . An important look into how heroic men and women selflessly gave their lives in the name of science, exploration and charity, whose losses directly led to the advancement of polar exploration . Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes (explorer) or Paul Rose (explorer and TV presenter) likely . Award-winning author who is an authority in the field of polar exploration 16 b/w illustrations