Book description
This is an extraordinary story. Four soldiers, each a hero of recent
conflicts who has suffered devastating injuries, taking on a challenge
that even an able-bodied athlete would baulk at. A four-week trek,
unaided, to the North Pole. The expedition - conceived as a way of
demonstrating how remarkable our servicemen and women are and to raise
funds for the rehabilitation of injured soldiers - will see the
adventurers cover 300 miles of frozen Arctic Ocean, navigating vast
swathes of ice rubble and pressure ridges as well as dangerous open
water 'leads'. And all the time, they'll be keeping their eyes peeled
for the notoriously aggressive Polar Bears that roam the landscape.
Pulling in excess of 100kg each, and with every step fraught with risk,
the participants' resilience will be tested to the limit. Each of the
men tells their personal story in this book, along with that of the
extraordinary expedition itself - the rigorous training, the meticulous
preparation, and of course, the final, awe-inspiring voyage across the
ice. Mark McCrum is an experienced author and ghostwriter whose
bestsellers include Somebody, Someday with Robbie Williams and the
tie-in to the BBC series Castaway.
