Land of the Midnight Sun, Alexander Armstrong
Land of the Midnight Sun, Alexander Armstrong
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Land of the Midnight Sun
My Arctic Adventures

Author: Alexander Armstrong

Narrator: Alexander Armstrong

Unabridged: 6 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2015


Synopsis

In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong heads north in to an ever more hostile Arctic winter to explore the farthest reaches of the globe. In an epic journey, he navigates some of the Earth’s toughest terrain, first travelling through the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, then on to the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, as far as the infamously treacherous Northwest Passage. His final frontier is Canada and Alaska, where his journey ends on the international dateline between the USA and Russia. His travels will form a major three-part series for ITV in autumn 2015.

It’s a voyage that takes Alexander half way around the planet, experiencing many of its natural wonders and living alongside some of its more extraordinary people. Getting stuck in wherever he goes, he learns from the Marines how to survive wildly unpredictable weather and temperatures as low as minus 40°C, drives along a hair-raising 800-mile road that's a river in summer and takes a plunge in freezing Arctic waters. And that’s all before wrestling Viking-style with a sporting legend called Eva as part of a traditional Icelandic winter festival.

Combining adventure and humour, Land of the Midnight Sun is an entertaining travelogue that takes readers on an exhilarating journey to this rarely seen corner of the world. It is an exploration of man's relationship with the harshest climates, set against the stunning backdrop of the Arctic landscape.

Reviews

Goodreads review by H. on July 03, 2023

Amusing, light-hearted account.......more

Goodreads review by Swati on March 23, 2023

I am not someone who does well in the cold. I find the layers frustrating, my eyes water too much when I’m outside, and my hands and feet seem to be perpetually chilly. But that doesn’t stop me from reading about cold places. I’m fascinated by how people lead their lives in freezing temperatures. How......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on November 13, 2019

The subject matter is very interesting but the delivery often falls flat. His jokes frequently get in the way of the storytelling, and the overuse of parenthetical phrases is distracting. The section on Alaska was the best-written part: here he seemed to find a better balance between humour and tell......more

Goodreads review by Louise on May 14, 2018

He has a very strong individual voice and he's clever and funny. I enjoyed reading this a lot. It was also good to read about a place you don't hear much about.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah Black on August 22, 2022

Amusing account of filming in the arctic......more


Quotes

A superbly written travelogue which leaves the reader with a warm glow. Armstrong proves here that he is an annoyingly talented bugger. Darn it. Tony Hawks