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Book Review of The Ice Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk

The Ice Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk


Very interesting non-fiction book, I read in winter when it was cold outside, but as you read the book you realize winter is balmy here compared to the conditions the men, one woman and two children were in. At the end, my own feeling was thank goodness for the Inuit family who you can't help feeling none of the rest would have made it through without. It wasn't really told that way, but I read between the lines on who did the hunting, who helped with warm clothes, who knew what was edible and how to cook it....