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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Enjoyable adventure tale, maybe a little lightweight This book is the story of Bear Grylls' attempt to cross the arctic Atlantic ocean in an open inflatable beat. Bear leads a team of five on this challenge, and he tells the story of how the trip was organised and how close it came to disaster. I've read Bear's tale of climbing Everest (Facing Up) which is, to be honest, the better book. Facing the Frozen Ocean was an enjoyable holiday read but it didn't grip me in the same way that the Everest adventure did. Partly, I suspect that's because Bear himself... more info
Facing the Frozen Ocean This book was amazing. It left me speechless. I was hardly able to put the book down. I guarantee your feet will be itching and you will want to get out there and see and do the same things that the Bear and his crew did. I felt like I had had been a part of his journey, at times imagining what they must have gone through and the sheer determination that they all showed put a lump in my throat.
An excellent book, I would recommend it to anyone.
Too light to be gripping. This is a great adventure story for lovers of 'cold weather travel writing'. I love Everest and North/South Pole literature and this was great as something other than that. The pace is good and the author relays a lot of his feelings to the reader. But. After reading David Hempleman-Adams or Jon Krakauer I felt there was something missing in this narrative, there wasn't enough. There wasn't enough information and there wasn't enough emotion. The author gives over the odd paragraph for the other... more info
Facing the Frozen Ocean: One man's dream to lead a team acro One of the best books l have ever read and inspired me to book Bear to tell his story at our last Sales Conference....needless to say he was as good as his book and l felt very humbled to be sat there listening to his story.
