Imagine sailing alone for 14 weeks in freezing temperatures aboard a 32foot sailboat. Imagine your boat capsizing three times and losing your mast and rigging. And imagine doing all this without modern electronic navigational tools like the Global Positioning System. ICE BIRD The Classic Story of the First Singlehanded Voyage to Antarctica chronicles the authoramp39s 1972 trip from Australia to Antarctica aboard the sailboat ICE BIRD. Along the way David Lewis sank into unbelievable despair as his small boat lost its mast and he suffered frostbite and broken ribs. Eventually he lost the use of his radio and engine and was forced to handsteer the boat. Though it was summer in the Southern Hemisphere it snowed daily. Lewis faced galeforce winds and huge waves as he sailed 3500 miles in his juryrigged sailboat. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down. It tells the wonderful true adventure of a man forced to overcome serious injury damage to his boat and unbelievable stress as he captained his small craft more than halfway around the world at 60 degrees south latitude. If you enjoy sailing read Lewisamp39s adventure. You wonamp39t be able to put it down.