Adrift on an Ice-Pan

Download or read book Adrift on an Ice-Pan written by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Adrift on an Ice Pan' is a riveting tale of survival and determination, written by one of the most famous doctors in Labrador's history. On Easter Sunday, 1908, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell embarked on a perilous journey to save a young boy's life, but ended up stranded on an ice pan with his dogs after the ice beneath them broke. In this gripping autobiographical account, Grenfell details his harrowing experience of surviving a day and night on the ice, enduring frostbite and snow blindness, and making a desperate final attempt to save his life.