Antarctic Navigation: A Novel: Volume Two (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781969498350)

A MAJOR AMERICAN NOVEL - A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER, RANGE, AND VISION

A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK and Winner of THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

An epic tale of obsession, endurance, and discovery, fully imagined and intricately layered, Antarctic Navigation combines the sweep of the great Victorian novels with the metaphysical and philosophical weight of Moby-Dick, offering a journey both exhilarating and profound.

Its narrator and protagonist is a rare and marvelous character in contemporary literature - a complex, contradictory woman driven by a wildly heroic obsession. Morgan Lamont has been haunted since childhood by the story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died on the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. As a young woman, she gathers a group of eccentric but brilliant companions, each uniquely suited to the brutal physical and psychological demands of recreating Scott's polar journey.

With the unexpected backing of her estranged and imperious grandfather, she launches the Ninety South Expedition, determined to retrace Scott's journey to the Pole - but this time, without loss of life. What ensues is both a classic heroic quest and a passionate love letter to the natural world. At once a gripping adventure and a work of splendid intellectual depth, Antarctic Navigation is an unforgettable novel - one that invites us into the mind of an extraordinary woman and the last great wilderness on earth. Arthur's prose, both lyrical and meticulous, carries readers deep into the physical realities of polar travel - its dangers, its austerity, its terrible beauty - and just as deep into humanity's pressing need to navigate the new and the unknown.

Because of its length, Antarctic Navigation is being published in two volumes, including as an e-book.

With a Foreword by Elizabeth Arthur's husband, Steven Bauer.