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Author Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.

Title Adrift on an ice pan / Wilfred T. Grenfell.

Publication Info. [Tors Cove, Nfld.] : Rattling Books, 2004.

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Description 1 online audio file
Playing Time 010136
System Details Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 14757 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Performer Read by Chris Brookes, Jay Roberts, Janis Spence, Christina Smith.
Note Duration: 1:01:36.
Summary Dr. Wilfred Grenfell's harrowing tale of near-death on the ice of northern Newfoundland. How does a man save his own life? In 1908 Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, a medical missionary in northern Newfoundland, was traveling by dog team to treat a patient. In his haste Grenfell took a short cut across the sea ice. A change of wind and ice conditions left the doctor and his sled dogs stranded on an ice pan, their komatik and provisions lost. Grenfell came close to perishing. Adrift on an ice pan is Grenfell's own account of this near-fatal misadventure. He survived dauntingly cold and seemingly hopeless conditions through an inventive presence of mind and by sacrificing and skinning three of his sled dogs to clothe himself against the elements. Because of his tenacity and quick thinking, and that of his rescuers, Grenfell endured. If you like arctic or outdoor adventure stories or are on the lookout for winter survival tips you'll enjoy the blow by blow of Grenfell's tale.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.
Missionaries, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Survival.
Shipwreck survival.
Survival at sea.
Airplane crash survival.
Wilderness survival -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Genre/Form Audiobooks.
Added Author Brookes, Chris, 1943-
Roberts, Jay.
Spence, Janis.
Smith, Christina.
Added Title Adrift on an icepan
Other Form: Original 9780973422344 (OCoLC)59131273
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