Little wonder, for readers are immediately drawn to Kent's vivid descriptions of the experience; we share "the feeling of wind and wet and cold, of lifting seas and steep descents, of rolling over as the wind gusts hit," and the sound "of wind in the shrouds, of hard spray flung on a drum-tight canvas, of rushing water at the scuppers, of the gale shearing a tormented sea."When the ship sinks in a storm-swept fjord within 50 miles of its destination, the story turns to the stranding and subsequent rescue of the three-man crew, salvage of the vessel, and life among native Greenlanders. Magnificently illustrated by Kent's wood-block prints and narrated in his poetic and highly entertaining style, this tale of the perils of killer nor'easters, treacherous icebergs, and impenetrable fog -- and the joys of sperm whales breaching or dawn unmasking a longed-for landfall -- is a rare treat for old salts and landlubbers alike.

    Farson had something to prove: His aristocratic family lost its fortune and he had to make his own. He wanted everything in life, and he pretty nearly got it.Farson was in France during the first war, in Russia during the revolution. He lived on a houseboat in British Columbia, fished the Caucasus, sold stories to keep alive. He was on a first name basis with most of the men who made headlines under Wilson, Hoover and Roosevelt.

    He tells of the long-drawn-out run to the Horn, and the mountainous seas which so beat upon the ship that one night the crew stood by on the poop,pumps jammed and decks awash,waiting for the end. He tells of how his friend, Ronnie Walker, was killed at his work; how a Finnish boy was swept overboard and the second mate, succumbing to the strain of that passage, lost his reason; how the ship was delayed in tropic calm, food supplies exhausted and distress signals of no avail.This is the epic story of courage, endurance and a philosophic acceptance of hardship and danger.

    B. Charcot, which set out from Boulogne in September of the year 1907, and, sailing across the South Atlantic, and the Antarctic and Indian seas, lay to outside Melbourne Harbour in July 1908 - a distance of 15,000 miles. The author had only five companions on the voyage. He has told the story of their adventures graphically and well. (Front dustjacket flap) Raymond Rallier du Baty (30 August 1881 – 7 May 1978) was a French sailor and explorer, from Lorient in Brittany, who carried out surveys of the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean in the early 20th century. Rallier du Baty took part in the 1904-1907 Third French Antarctic Expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot. From September of 1907 to July of 1909 Captain Raymond Rallier du Baty sailed from Boulogne to Melbourne in a French fishing ketch, known as the J. B. Charcot. The J. B. Charcot weighed forty-eight tons and completed this trip in 15,000 miles. The reason for this voyage was primarily to chart the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands. Du Baty and his brother Henri du Baty funded this expedition by harvesting the oil of the southern elephant seals in the area. Raymond Rallier du Baty wrote a book detailing his experience on the J. B. Charcot, entitled 15,000 Miles in a Ketch.

    High Tartary is a rich, panoramic, yet intensely personal record of the adventures he and his wife met on their wedding trip through the highest parts of Asia. It is a classic tribute to Asia's proud nomads and their mountain homelands. Includes 29 original photos.