Georgina Harding: The Solitude of Thomas Cave
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Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008
It is August 1616, the whaling ship Heartsease has ventured deep into the Arctic, but the crew must return home before the ice closes in. All, that is, save Thomas Cave. He makes a wager that he will remain there alone until the next season, though no man has yet been known to have survived a winter this far north. So he is left with provisions, shelter, and a journal — should he not live to tell the tale...