Description
A father-son voyage to the windiest place on earth.
In the summer of 2006, a thirty-one-year-old expat kiwi, Ben Tucker, set off from Tasmania in his small home-built yacht with the tentative goal of reaching mainland Antarctica. As crew he had recruited his youngest brother Matt. His destination was the remote Mawson’s hut at Cape Denison – statistically the windiest sea-level location on the planet – with a possible diversion to the South Magnetic Pole. His budget could not even stretch to a second-hand radar…..
This fascinating voyage is recounted by his father Jon, who was allowed to join his sons as their cabin-boy at the last minute – on the promise of good behaviour. And after reading the book I can honestly say his behaviour was very good, as it can’t have been easy to sit back and let your son take all the responsibility. But he did and it is truly a great book.
What a wonderful family they are as Jon frequently mentions his wife Barbara and their other 3 sons as parallel to the story of this trip he tells the story of a family with 5 home-schooled boys aboard their traditional ocean going yacht “New Zealand Maid”.
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