537 Days of Winter: An Australian Antarctic Expedition Leader Stranded During the Pandemic

Author:   David Knoff
Publisher:   Affirm Press
ISBN:  

9781922992284


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 July 2023
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $22.99 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

537 Days of Winter: An Australian Antarctic Expedition Leader Stranded During the Pandemic


Add your own review!

Overview

What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on earth as the world you knew back home changed forever ? As station leader at the Davis Research Station in Antarctica, David Knoff was leading 24 expeditioners in a standard mission when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, international travel came to a standstill and their ride home was cancelled indefinitely. What was supposed to be a routine mission became a high-pressure cauldron of uncertainty and anxiety where everyone was pushed to their mental limits. They d have to draw on every ounce of resilience to ensure a safe return. Facing unprecedented challenges, including a complex medical evacuation and a fire on board the ship meant to get them out, David would need all his experience as an infantry platoon commander and diplomat to keep the team safe and get them home, albeit to a world that was changed forever. 537 Days of Winter is a high-octane, sub-zero story unlike any other in modern Antarctic history.

Full Product Details

Author:   David Knoff
Publisher:   Affirm Press
Imprint:   Affirm Press
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781922992284


ISBN 10:   1922992283
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 July 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Foreword Maps Preface Part I: Summer Chapter 1 Hitting the Ice Running Chapter 2 The Case of the Dropped Burrito Chapter 3 What's COVID Got to Do with It? Part II: Winter Chapter 4 The Sound of Silence Chapter 5 Woah, We're Halfway There? Chapter 6 The Bombshell Chapter 7 When the Novelty Wears Off Chapter 8 Quitting Is Not an Option Chapter 9 The Last Days of Sea Ice Chapter 10 A Christmas Miracle Part III: Summer II: The Sequel Chapter 11 The Waiting Game Sucks Chapter 12 What Do You Mean, Yet? Chapter 13 Home Image credits Acknowledgements

Reviews

Author Information

David Knoff is a speaker and specialist inremote leadership, management in isolation, Antarctic operations, resilience and mental health strategies and practices. He has worked for fifteen years in international relations with the Australian Government, as an officer in the Australian Army and as Station and Voyage Leader for the Australian Antarctic Program. David lives in Melbourne. 537 Days of Winter is his first book.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List