Bøger af Kevin Krajick

First published in 2001, Barren Lands is the classic true story of the men who soughtand founda great diamond mine on the last frontier of the far north. From a bloody 18th-century trek across the Canadian tundra to the daunting natural forces facing protagonists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson as they struggle against the mighty DeBeers cartel, this is the definitive account of one of the world's great mineral discoveries. Combining geology, science history, raw nature, and high intrigue, it is also a tale of supreme adventure, taking the reader into a magicaland now fast-vanishingwild landscape. Now in a newly revised and updated edition.