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First edition 2012

ISBN: 978 1 85284 665 7

Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

All photographs are by Dixie Dansercoer except those on the following pages: 23, 26–27 (Victor Serov); 31, 45, 49, 55, 108, 75, 146–148, 161 (IPF/Alain Hubert); 35, 93, 152, 154, 157, 176, 179, 180 (Christian Hoffman); and 64, 67, 79, 83, 87, 90, 101, 103, 109, 120 (Henk Van Rensbergen).

Images on pages 9, 18, 21 and 153 are used by kind permission of the de Gerlache family.

Dedication

If there is anyone I should douse with ice crystals, as precious as diamonds, it is my wife, Julie Brown.

True understanding and genuine support can only come from those who bond.

The polar regions have helped us with that.

Acknowledgements

My thanks are due to all the following people:

family, both near and far away

friends, both crazy and normal

expedition partners (Alain Hubert, Troy Henkels, Sam Deltour and many other people with whom I have shared cold tents)