What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on earth as the world you knew back home changed forever ?
As station leader at the Davis Research Station in Antarctica, David Knoff was leading 24 expeditioners in a standard mission when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, international travel came to a standstill and their ride home was cancelled
indefinitely. What was supposed to be a routine mission became a high-pressure cauldron of uncertainty and anxiety where everyone was pushed to their mental limits. They d have to draw on every ounce of resilience to ensure a safe return.
Facing unprecedented challenges, including a complex medical evacuation and a fire on board the ship meant to get them out, David would need all his experience as an infantry platoon commander and diplomat to keep the team safe and get them home, albeit to a world that was changed forever.
537 Days of Winter is a high-octane, sub-zero story unlike any other in modern Antarctic history.
By:
David Knoff
Imprint: Affirm Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9781922711472
ISBN 10: 1922711470
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 June 2022
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Maps Preface Part I: Summer Chapter 1 Hitting the Ice Running Chapter 2 The Case of the Dropped Burrito Chapter 3 What's COVID Got to Do with It? Part II: Winter Chapter 4 The Sound of Silence Chapter 5 Woah, We're Halfway There? Chapter 6 The Bombshell Chapter 7 When the Novelty Wears Off Chapter 8 Quitting Is Not an Option Chapter 9 The Last Days of Sea Ice Chapter 10 A Christmas Miracle Part III: Summer II: The Sequel Chapter 11 The Waiting Game Sucks Chapter 12 What Do You Mean, Yet? Chapter 13 Home Image credits Acknowledgements
David Knoff is a speaker and specialist in remote leadership, management in isolation, Antarctic operations, resilience and mental health strategies and practices. He has worked for 15 years as an officer in the Australian Army, in International Relations with the Australian Government and as Station and Voyage Leader for the Australian Antarctic Program. His toughest mission was one nobody saw coming; when Covid-19 hit, the world came to a virtual standstill and the team of expeditioners he was leading in Antarctica was stranded in one of the most isolated places on earth. David lives in Melbourne. 537 Days of Winter his first book.
