Horatio Clare

The ice was all around

The SAS soldier Henry Worsley, following in Shackleton’s footsteps, reminds himself mid-mission that, at minus 40 degrees, getting wet spells death

issue 15 December 2018

  • The White Darkness

    David Grann

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 146

  • The Library of Ice: Readings from a Cold Climate

    Nancy Campbell

    Scribner, pp. 322

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