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Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
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Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Hardcover - 2021

by Andrea Pitzer

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  • Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides' In the Kingdom of Ice comes a riveting and cinematic tale of Dutch polar explorer William Barents and his three harrowing Arctic expeditions--the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging yearlong fight for survival.ival.

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Scribner, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
  • Author Andrea Pitzer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner
  • Date 2021
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1982113340I4N00
  • ISBN 9781982113346 / 1982113340
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.05 in (23.50 x 15.88 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
  • Library of Congress subjects Barentsz, Willem - Travel - Arctic regions, Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020040922
  • Dewey Decimal Code 910.916

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2020, Page 9
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2020, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2021, Page 94
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/05/2020, Page 0

About the author

Andrea Pitzer is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Outside, The Daily Beast, Vox, and Slate, among other publications. She has authored two previous books, One Long Night and The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov--both critically acclaimed. She received an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1994, and later studied at MIT and Harvard as an affiliate of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. She grew up in West Virginia and currently lives with her family near Washington, DC. Icebound is her most recent work.