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Every year a fleet of men travel to the Arctic Circle, a region heavily endowed with natural resources. Locating the abundance of natural gas, conflict-free diamonds and gold is relatively easy - but extracting and transporting these goods is another matter entirely. The truckers picked to deliver these precious commodities spend two months travelling hundreds of miles on a naturally formed road of ice. It is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. For more than 20 years, Hugh Rowland has survived the ice roads like no other. Known by the ice road trucking community as The Polar Bear, Rowland has performed amazing feats and survived spectacular wrecks to become the undisputed king of the ice road truckers. ON THIN ICE traces the history of ice road trucking, the preparation for the trek and follows Rowland through his nine week journey across the infamous Ice Road. From the first snowstorm to the final thaw, this adrenalin-filled book follows his journey to the edge of endurance and back.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781409120742
eBay Product ID (ePID)108488595
Product Key Features
Publication Year2011
Book TitleOn Thin Ice: Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Survival on the World's Deadliest Roads
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorHugh Rowland
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight358 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHugh Rowland