{"product_id":"9781909461253","title":"Mischief in Greenland: Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains, forgoing the lingering pleasure and mounting excitement of a slow, arduous approach under his own exertions.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman\u003c\/b\u003e’s mountain travel philosophy, rooted in Africa and the \u003cb\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/b\u003e and further developed in his early sailing adventures in the southern hemisphere, was honed to perfection with his discovery of \u003cb\u003eGreenland\u003c\/b\u003e as the perfect sailing destination. His \u003cb\u003eArctic voyages\u003c\/b\u003e in the pilot cutter \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e proved no less challenging than his earlier southern voyages. The shorter elapsed time made it rather easier to find a crew but the absence of warm tropical passages meant that similar levels of hardship were simply compressed into a shorter timescale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published fifty years before political correctness became an accepted rule, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMischief in Greenland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of Tilman’s observational wit. In this account of his first two West Greenland voyages, he pulls no punches with regard to the occasional failings, leaving the reader to seek out and discover the numerous achievements of these voyages. The highlight of the second voyage was the identification, surveying and successful first ascent of \u003cb\u003eMount Raleigh\u003c\/b\u003e, first observed on the eastern coast of \u003cb\u003eBaffin Island\u003c\/b\u003e by the Elizabethan explorer John Davis in 1585. For the many sailors and climbers who have since followed his lead and ventured north into those waters, Tilman provides much practical advice, whether from his own observations or those of Davis and the inimitable \u003cb\u003eCaptain Lecky\u003c\/b\u003e. Tilman’s typical gift of understatement belies his position as one of the greatest explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154216108272,"sku":"9781909461253","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909461253_p0.jpg?v=1763624058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909461253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}