{"product_id":"9781909461413","title":"Ice with Everything: In climbing mountains or sailing the seas one often has to settle for less than one hoped.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation and activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of voyages to remote, mountainous regions.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman\u003c\/b\u003e’s fourteenth book describes three more of those voyages, \u003ci\u003e‘the first comparatively humdrum, the second totally disastrous, and the third exceedingly troublesome’\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first voyage describes Tilman’s 1971 attempt to reach East Greenland’s remote and ice-bound \u003cb\u003eScoresby Sound\u003c\/b\u003e. The largest fjord system in the world was named after the father of Whitby whaling captain, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Scoresby\u003c\/b\u003e, who first charted the coastline in 1822. Scoresby’s two-volume Account of the Arctic Regions provided much of the historical inspiration for Tilman’s northern voyages and fuelled his fascination with Scoresby Sound and the unclimbed mountains at its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTilman’s first attempt to reach the fjord had already cost him his first boat, \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1968. The following year, a \u003ci\u003e‘polite mutiny’\u003c\/i\u003e aboard \u003ci\u003eSea Breeze\u003c\/i\u003e had forced him to turn back within sight of the entrance, so with a good crew aboard in 1971, it was particularly frustrating for Tilman to find the fjord blocked once more, this time by impenetrable sea ice at the entrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to give up, Tilman’s obsession with Scoresby Sound continued in 1972 when a series of unfortunate events led to the loss of \u003ci\u003eSea Breeze\u003c\/i\u003e, crushed between a rock and an ice floe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafely back home in Wales, the inevitable search for a new boat began. ‘\u003ci\u003eOne cannot buy a biggish boat as if buying a piece of soap. The act is almost as irrevocable as marriage and should be given as much thought.\u003c\/i\u003e’ The 1902 pilot cutter \u003ci\u003eBaroque\u003c\/i\u003e, was acquired and after not inconsiderable expense, proved equal to the challenge. Tilman’s first troublesome voyage aboard her to West Greenland in 1973 completes this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154146771184,"sku":"9781909461413","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909461413_p0.jpg?v=1763624061","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909461413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}