Ice Bird

David Lewis and his small yacht, ICE BIRD, set sail from Sydney, Australia, on a search for high adventure. Their voyage, full of drama, emotion, and pain, took them to one of the least hospitable and most fascinating parts of the globe – the Antarctic. No one had ever sailed a yacht single-handed to Antarctica before David Lewis. For more than fourteen weeks, he never once touched land. He faced mountainous seas, constant gales, snow storms, and freezing temperatures; twice his small yacht capsized, and once it was dismasted 3,500 miles from help. He survived through a miracle of fortitude, skill, and luck. One of the great true sea stories of the twentieth century, ICE BIRD is a gripping tale of human endurance, a testimony to one man's will to overcome any obstacle – whether physical or psychological – to stay alive. “It was an epic more than 30 years ago, and remains so. Time has not dimmed the achievement, nor diminished the power of the story. It is as gripping, awesome, and ‘living,’ today, as it was then.” —Sailing & Yachting