{"id":966,"date":"2020-12-07T05:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=966"},"modified":"2020-12-06T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T23:13:22","slug":"the-impossible-first-an-explorers-race-across-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/the-impossible-first-an-explorers-race-across-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impossible First: An Explorer’s Race Across Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Impossible First: An Explorer’s Race Across Antarctica (Young Readers Edition)<\/em>
\nby Colin O’Brady (Author)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support, and completely human-powered. But Colin O\u2019Brady was determined to do just that–even though ten years earlier a tragic accident raised doubts that he\u2019d ever walk again normally.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brady\u2019s quest drew him into a head-to-head battle with British SAS Captain Louis Rudd–also striving to be “the first.” Enduring Antarctica\u2019s sub-zero temperatures and pulling a sled that initially weighed 375 pounds in complete isolation and through a succession of whiteouts, storms, and a series of near disasters, O\u2019Brady journeyed 932 miles to a world first. <\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> The plane shuddered and shook as it landed, its skis rattling on the sea ice. The crew helped me pull off the sled, offered a few bang-bang handshakes of good luck, and jumped back in with a schedule to keep, taxiing off to deliver Rudd to his drop-off a mile away, the same distance as me from the starting line waypoint at the continent’s edge. <\/p>\n