One of my favorite books and an amazing true story. Two different groups shipwrecked on an Antarctic island within the same year but never ran into each other. One group survived very well, the other fell into cannibalism, starvation and fisticuffs. The difference between the two groups is a study in itself.

I’ve been advised not to enable comments, sorry! since otherwise one would spend a great deal of time getting rid of spam and deleting comments by nutcases. Only one comment is allowed and that’s from me and I think it’s stunning.

photography by Jeff George, lightkeeper and photographer of Lennard Island Light Station, Vancouver Island.