With the recent exploration of Central Africa, the planet’s only last unknown regions were North and South Poles. Reaching either was a crazy person’s death wish. For hundreds of years, explorers had tried to uncover those mysterious lands and for hundreds of years they had failed. Many never returned home. When Nansen put forth his own plan, experts called it “an illogical scheme of self-destruction,” but the Norweigian couldn’t be swayed. 

Instead, he invented entirely new ways of exploring, methods and technologies that would keep him and all his men alive for three long years of seclusion in one of the harshest environments on the planet. A new ship that could withstand the incredible force of the Arctic ice. A new sled that was stronger and lighter. A new way of traveling those dangerous regions altogether. If he tried to go to the North Pole as other men had, he would die as they did. Instead, he did something daring beyond measure. 

Peter Lourie’s newest book tells the story of that incredible journey, of the explorers who left their family, friends, and safety behind to research unchartered depths and go further North then had ever been explored before. Locked In Ice tells of the discoveries they made, the hardships they endured, and the lessons they learned.