The adventurer and author of Into the Ice recounts his harrowing attempt to sail the Northwest Passage and why he always ...

Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate the Northwest Passage—the icy arctic waterway that connects ...

nearly all of whom will never sail a boat through the Northwest Passage. The travelogue moments of the book are the best written, as Synnott and his crew sail his 47-foot boat Polar Sun east to ...

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

Part travelogue, part historical mystery and part memoir, “Into the Ice” will appeal to fans of extreme adventure stories, nearly all of whom will never sail a boat through the Northwest Passage. The ...