Ice bird - David Lewis

Ice Bird is one of the great true sea stories of thetwentieth century. It is also a tale of human endurance; a testimony ofone man's will to overcome almost anything and everything - physicaland psychological - to stay alive.

David Lewis and his 32 foot yacht, Ice Bird, set sail fromSydney, Australia in 1972 on a search for high adventure. The voyage,full of drama, emotion, and pain took place in the least hospitable andmost fascinating part of the globe, the Antarctic, through some of themost treacherous waters in the world. Along the way he would not touchland for more than fourteen weeks, facing mountainous seas, constantgales, snowstorms, and freezing temperatures and he would be fightingfor his life. Twice his small yacht was capsized and once it wasdismasted 3,500 miles from help. His survival was a miracle offortitude, skill, and some luck.