537 days of winter : resilience, endurance and humanity while stranded in Antarctica during the pandemic / David Knoff ; [foreword by David Hurley].

By: Knoff, David [author.]Contributor(s): Hurley, David [author of introduction, etc.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boon Wurrung Country, South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xvii, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, colour portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922711472; 1922711470Other title: Five hundred and thirty-seven days of winterSubject(s): Knoff, David -- Travel -- Antarctica | Australia. Antarctic Division | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Antarctica -- Personal narratives | Davis Station (Antarctica) | Antarctica -- Description and travelDDC classification: 919.8904 Summary: What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on Earth as the world you knew back home changed forever? David Knoff had embarked on the adventure of a lifetime as station leader of Davis research station in Antarctica when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. After their ride home was cancelled indefinitely, what was supposed to be a routine mission became a high-pressure cauldron of uncertainty and anxiety that pushed David's team of 24 expeditioners to their mental limits. Facing unprecedented challenges, including a complex medical evacuation and a fire on board the ship meant to get them out, David would need every ounce of resilience he'd gained as an infantry platoon commander and diplomat to keep the team safe and get them home.
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What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on Earth as the world you knew back home changed forever? David Knoff had embarked on the adventure of a lifetime as station leader of Davis research station in Antarctica when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. After their ride home was cancelled indefinitely, what was supposed to be a routine mission became a high-pressure cauldron of uncertainty and anxiety that pushed David's team of 24 expeditioners to their mental limits. Facing unprecedented challenges, including a complex medical evacuation and a fire on board the ship meant to get them out, David would need every ounce of resilience he'd gained as an infantry platoon commander and diplomat to keep the team safe and get them home.

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