Book Reviews

“Drawing on dozens of interviews and years of painstaking research, Leach provides a nail-biting account of the fateful day and explores the science of hypothermia in minute detail.”
—Geoff Dembicki, Canadian Geographic, April 2008
 
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Reader Comments

“My wife & I were so interested in the book that I read the complete contents to her out loud... it was a first for us... & we both laughed & cried.”
—Fundy Race Participant
 
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Advance Praise

“A fast-paced tale of an adventure race gone wrong. Leach shows how inexperienced organization, the endurance mindset and a frigid ocean combine to turn a test of stamina into inevitable disaster.”
—Jerry Kobalenko, arctic explorer and author of The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island
 
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