Adrift on an Ice Pan
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On Easter Sunday, 1908, Dr. Grenfell was summoned to treat a boy with osteomyelitis who had been operated on two weeks earlier. The young man needed immediate attention to save not only his leg but his life, so Dr, Grenfell set out from St. Anthony, with his komatik and his best eight dogs.
To save a few miles Dr. Grenfell took a short cut across the bay, but the ice broke up beneath him, his komatik sank, and one dog drowned. He and his other dogs climbed out of the water onto an ice pan, which drifted out to sea in offshore wind. In the cold and solitude of a day and a night on the ice, the doctor was now peril. Frostbitten and snow-blind, he turned to his remaining dogs and performed one final, desperate act in an attempt to save his life.
Adrift on an Ice pan is the best known of the autobiographical accounts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the famous Labrador doctor. Originally published in 1909, it has sparked much discussion over Dr. Grenfell’s character: his legendary ingenuity, evangelical faith, and love of adventure. A must read!
To save a few miles Dr. Grenfell took a short cut across the bay, but the ice broke up beneath him, his komatik sank, and one dog drowned. He and his other dogs climbed out of the water onto an ice pan, which drifted out to sea in offshore wind. In the cold and solitude of a day and a night on the ice, the doctor was now peril. Frostbitten and snow-blind, he turned to his remaining dogs and performed one final, desperate act in an attempt to save his life.
Adrift on an Ice pan is the best known of the autobiographical accounts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the famous Labrador doctor. Originally published in 1909, it has sparked much discussion over Dr. Grenfell’s character: his legendary ingenuity, evangelical faith, and love of adventure. A must read!
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On Easter Sunday, 1908, Dr. Grenfell was summoned to treat a boy with osteomyelitis who had been operated on two weeks earlier. The young man needed immediate attention to save not only his leg but his life, so Dr, Grenfell set out from St. Anthony, with his komatik and his best eight dogs.
To save a few miles Dr. Grenfell took a short cut across the bay, but the ice broke up beneath him, his komatik sank, and one dog drowned. He and his other dogs climbed out of the water onto an ice pan, which drifted out to sea in offshore wind. In the cold and solitude of a day and a night on the ice, the doctor was now peril. Frostbitten and snow-blind, he turned to his remaining dogs and performed one final, desperate act in an attempt to save his life.
Adrift on an Ice pan is the best known of the autobiographical accounts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the famous Labrador doctor. Originally published in 1909, it has sparked much discussion over Dr. Grenfell’s character: his legendary ingenuity, evangelical faith, and love of adventure. A must read!
To save a few miles Dr. Grenfell took a short cut across the bay, but the ice broke up beneath him, his komatik sank, and one dog drowned. He and his other dogs climbed out of the water onto an ice pan, which drifted out to sea in offshore wind. In the cold and solitude of a day and a night on the ice, the doctor was now peril. Frostbitten and snow-blind, he turned to his remaining dogs and performed one final, desperate act in an attempt to save his life.
Adrift on an Ice pan is the best known of the autobiographical accounts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the famous Labrador doctor. Originally published in 1909, it has sparked much discussion over Dr. Grenfell’s character: his legendary ingenuity, evangelical faith, and love of adventure. A must read!
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| Weight | 2.5 lbs |
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