Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

"A meticulously researched history of maritime tragedy."

"Pitzer is an able guide to Barents's three Arctic voyages ..."

"[an] impressively researched history ..."

"a gripping adventure tale that deserves an honored place in the long bookshelf of volumes dealing with arctic shipwrecks, winter ordeals, and survival struggles ..."

"Neither de Veer nor the author probes deeply into the motives of the crew members, nor of Barents himself, who remains an oddly opaque figure throughout the book ..."

"More than just another book about a disastrous sea voyage, this is a richly evocative story about a particular period in the history of exploration.Icebound deserves a place beside such classics as Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage and Roland Huntford's The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundson's Race to the South Pole ."

"Icebound is a fascinating modern telling of Barents's expeditions."

"Sitting in my warm, secure house, even I was utterly (and agreeably) terrified and marveled as I always do at the courage and stamina of early explorers."