A Harrowing Journey of Survival
Against the Ice is a gripping account of the harrowing journey of two Danish explorers who were stranded in the frozen Arctic for over a year. Their story of survival against all odds is a testament to the human spirit and the power of hope.
In 1909, Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen set out on an ambitious expedition to prove that Greenland was not an island, but a peninsula connected to North America. Their journey took them across the uncharted ice of the Northeast Greenland National Park, where they were eventually trapped by the ice and forced to spend the next year fighting for survival.
Mikkelsen's journal entries, which form the basis of this book, provide a gripping account of their struggles. They faced starvation, disease, and the constant threat of polar bears. But through it all, they never gave up hope. They hunted for food, built shelters, and kept each other's spirits up.
Eventually, they were rescued by a Norwegian ship. But their ordeal had changed them forever. They had learned the true meaning of survival, and they had forged an unbreakable bond.
