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Polar Exposure10 Women's Journey to the North PoleBy:Felicity AstonIt's time to hit the ice.When British Explorer Felicity Aston put out an open call for women with little to no experience willing to brave the elements on an expedition to the North Pole, s
By:Felicity Aston
When British Explorer Felicity Aston put out an open call for women with little to no experience willing to brave the elements on an expedition to the North Pole, she was stunned to have over 1000 applicants. After narrowing it down to ten women from ten different countriessome of whom had never seen snow beforethe team spent the next two years training for this unique opportunity.Set against a backdrop of Arctic pack ice that is thinner, newer, and less stable than ever before due to climate changethey face the realities of hungry polar bears, extreme temperatures, and the possibility that anything and everything could go wrong at any moment.
Aston beautifully weaves each womans account into the greater expedition narrative. Over 60 stunning photographs illustrate the journey, illuminating the breathtaking landscape along with the joy, pain, and determination of these ten women.Polar Exposureis a powerful celebration of the perseverance of women in science, sports, and exploration that sheds light on all that it takes to reach the top of the world.
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Felicity Aston, author
British polar explorer Felicity Aston MBE is an author, speaker, and research scientist. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, a journey of 1744 kilometers that took 59 days to complete and gave her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Publishers Weekly, starred review
Polar explorer Aston (Life Lessons) recounts in this vivid account the 2018 Womens Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition, a trek she did with 10 women from different countries. Aston elaborates on how she selected and trained her team, some of whom had never skied or experienced intense cold before: her goal, she writes, was to develop a better understanding of the values and perspectives of women from different cultures. What sets the book apart is the enriching firsthand accounts from the team members interspersed throughout: I am an introvert, writes Olga, a mountaineer from Russia, so the thought of living so closely with ten women from different countries on this expedition made me anxious. Their accounts cover the life-threatening weather the team faced (A storm like this can destroy confidence just as it destroys tents, writes Steph from Cyprus), treacherous turns of fate (I smiled as I approached the ground, thinking that if this was it, then there would be no problems at all…. Ten minutes later my eyelashes were covered in ice and my eyelids had frozen together. I had my first moment of panic, writes Nataa, a Slovenian journalist), and finally the joy of arriving at the Pole. The result is a page-turning tale of adventure.
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ISBN: 978-1-62354-553-6
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ISBN: 978-1-63289-244-7
Page count: 240
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