Driving to Greenland: Arctic Travel, Northern Sport, and Other Ventures into the Heart of Winter

by Peter Stark

Overview

Plimptonesque jaunts and essays on winter sports and arctic travel, by a contributing editor to Outside Magazine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558213203
Publisher:	Burford Books
Publication date:	12/29/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.81(d)

Editorial Reviews

The spirit of George Plimpton is alive and well. But whereas Plimpton experienced the bruises inflicted upon professional football players as well as the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat of other professional sports, Stark did the same kind of things on snow or ice. He luged down a hill, flew off another (hill, that is), and, as the title reveals, drove to Greenland, which is literally impossible according to standard and nonstandard maps--but, hey, artistic license. His book probably should have been brought out to coincide with the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway, but the marketing mistake in no way diminishes its entertainment value. In how many other books can you share someone's travels to Greenland and Iceland, hear tales of skiing down a mountain, learn about the many types of snow, and find out what it's like to ride on a dogsled? OK, there are a few, maybe, but if one purpose of books is to take you to far, far away places, at that Stark succeeds very well.

Jon Kartman