{"product_id":"in-antarctica-jay-ruzesky-9780889712829","title":"In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage","description":"Jay Ruzesky recalls a childhood of snow caves, literary ambitions, and a fascination with polar exploration that was ignited by the genes he shares with famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. As a boy, Ruzesky was captivated by Amundsen's diaries: an Antarctic exploration aboard \u003ci\u003eBelgica\u003c\/i\u003e when Amundsen was a twenty-five-year-old mate bent on earning his stripes; his historic navigation of the Northwest Passage from 1903 to 1906 where he intentionally froze in with his ship \u003ci\u003eGjoa\u003c\/i\u003e over the winters to drift with the pack ice; and his triumph onboard his ship \u003ci\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e to be the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow a poet and teacher of English at a small university on Vancouver Island, Ruzesky became motivated by the approaching centennial of Amundsen's South Pole accomplishment to pursue his own quest to Antarctica--not only as a following of Amundsen's footsteps, but also a pilgrimage to a near-mythical place where heroes were made and died. He books his voyage aboard a 71-metre ice-strengthened research vessel, \u003ci\u003ePolar Pioneer\u003c\/i\u003e, bound for Antarctica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuzesky skilfully interweaves three stories creatively extrapolated from Amundsen's experiences on both \u003ci\u003eBelgica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e, and his own observations leading up to and during his voyage on \u003ci\u003ePolar Pioneer\u003c\/i\u003e. In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and with a poet's heart, Ruzesky offers a historically accurate tale while traversing both time and place--paralleling a century of explorers' dreams from Pole to Pole with stops in Canada, Norway, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Antarctica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Antarctica Book Trailer from Jay Ruzesky on Vimeo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Ruzesky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889712824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889712829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Jay Ruzesky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587663933695,"sku":"9780889712829","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50b3bb76-c564-44ff-a236-d0eceee501c4.jpg?v=1780169618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-antarctica-jay-ruzesky-9780889712829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}