The Other Side of the Ice: One Family's Treacherous Journey Negotiating the Northwest Passage

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A sailor and his familys harrowing and inspiring story of their attempt to sail the treacherous Northwest Passage. ( TO WATCH THE OFFICIAL HD TEASER FOR THE EMMY AWARD WINNING "The Other Side of The Ice" book and documentary PLEASE GO TO: VIMEO.COM/45526226) Sprague Theobald an award-winning documentary filmmaker and expert sailor with over 40 000 offshore miles under his belt always considered the Northwest Passage--the sea route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific--the ultimate uncharted territory. Since Roald Amundsen completed the first successful crossing of the fabled Northwest Passage in 1906 only twenty-four pleasure craft have followed in his wake. Many more people have gone into space than have traversed the Passage and a staggering number have died trying. From his home port of Newport Rhode Island through the Passage and around Alaska to Seattle it would be an 8 500-mile trek filled with constant danger from ice polar bears and severe weather. What Theobald couldnt have known was just how life-changing his journey through the Passage would be. Reuniting his children and stepchildren after a bad divorce more than fifteen years earlier the family embarks with unanswered questions untold hurts and unspoken mistrusts hanging over their heads. Unrelenting cold hungry polar bears and a haunting landscape littered with sobering artifacts from the tragic Franklin Expedition of 1845 as well as personality clashes that threaten to tear the crew apart make The Other Side of the Ice a harrowing story of survival adventure and ultimately redemption. TO WATCH THE OFFICIAL HD TEASER FOR "The Other Side of The Ice" (book and documentary) PLEASE GO TO: VIMEO.COM/45526226 50 color illustrations