Fast in the Ice

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Getting Trapped Fast In The Ice And Surviving In The Extreme Conditions Of The Arctic

Although known for his juvenile books, Robert Michael Ballantyne makes an impression with his novel, Fast in the Ice. It is an account of human endurance in the face of the extreme conditions of the Arctic while also being filled of adventure and survival against the odds.

The novel presents a fictional vessel setting sail towards the North Pole, but did you know that Robert Michael Ballantyne actually knows what he is writing about? This Scottish writer left his homeland when he was just 16 and joined The Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada where he had the chance to experience what it was like to be locked in the frozen lands and battle the harsh winds.

The novel deals with the expedition which is ill-conceived and prepared and it has trouble written all over it. The vessel leaves a British port for the Polar seas only to get trapped fast in the ice. The crew has to do everything in order to survive as the ship is locked in the unmerciful ice and there is no way to get it out.

Readers will be thrilled at the adventures the crew faces. The brave men go hunting for bears, encounter aggressive walruses that almost endanger the entire crew as well as meet Eskimos, play ice football and make the attempt to reach the Pole.

One of the best novels about Arctic travel and adventures, Fast in the Ice is a must read for survivalists and other people wanting to see what it’s like to look death in the face and live to tell the tale. Robert Michael Ballantyne writes a brilliant work where the human endurance and adaptability are put to the test by the frozen North and only the bravest survive.
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