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"'An epic story of hardship, friendship and faith' Daily Telegraph '[Grylls'] writing allows you to feel you are sitting alongside him on his adventure... I could taste the salt spray in every sentence and the bone numbing chill in every paragraph' Herald Express 'Grylls is certainly proof that the age of great explorers has not completely passed us by.' Scotsman"
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Five British men in an open, rigid inflatable boat fighting for their lives in perhaps the most dangerous seas in the world.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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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 loses the impetus to continue these adventures part-way through the trip; there is one appalling leg of the journey where death was very, very close. An angry Atlantic is no place to be in an open boat -- running out of fuel and left helpless in 20-foot swells. Bear questions why he is involved in this kind of escapade when he could be at home with his young family... and that sense of disengagement is obvious to the reader.
However, you also learn all about prepping for an expedition like this, and get a vivid description of what it was like. Bear's writing (or editor!) improves in this book so the text flows more easily than in Facing Up.
Overall, it's a fast-paced adventure tale -- just not one to rank among the classics.
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 loses the impetus to continue these adventures part-way through the trip; there is one appalling leg of the journey where death was very, very close. An angry Atlantic is no place to be in an open boat -- running out of fuel and left helpless in 20-foot swells. Bear questions why he is involved in this kind of escapade when he could be at home with his young family... and that sense of disengagement is obvious to the reader.
However, you also learn all about prepping for an expedition like this, and get a vivid description of what it was like. Bear's writing (or editor!) improves in this book so the text flows more easily than in Facing Up.
Overall, it's a fast-paced adventure tale -- just not one to rank among the classics.
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This was a birthday gift for my son-in-law who had it on his gift list. He was delighted to receive it so quickly. Read more
Published 9 months ago by T bag
Facing the Frozen Ocean
I couldn't put this book down, what a fantastic read ! My heart was in my mouth the whole time and even had tears in my eyes at one point, you can feel the desperation Bear felt... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dawn
Bear Grylls - mad??
I wanted to read this book after watching Bear on his survival series on tv and the reviews written on Amazon. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. A. Lamble
Facing the Frozen Ocean
A good well written adventure. It's put me off wanting to try it. Put it that way.
Published 19 months ago by Leslie A. Heaps
" The man is mad "
I couldn't put this book down a truly amazing feat of craziness! Only somebody like him would have the guts to do something like that. I did ask myself why.. Read more
Published on 24 July 2009 by carol carlo
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. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2004 by T
can't wait for publication
I followed this expedition in the press and cannot wait to hear what they felt when they were in those storms!
What a story.
Rod
What a story.
Rod
Published on 3 Nov 2003 by Rod Blemsworth
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