Such a huge and mind blowing accomplishment that I will only ever read about in books. It was a pleasure to witness secondhand Colin O’Brady’s trek across Antarctica. Simply amazing! I loved the details about his expedition and the Antarctica. The storms, the crevasses, the bitter cold...so much danger yet a happy ending. It isn’t too often polar exploration ends in success.

I think it was precisely because Colin’s adventure was successful, there wasn’t a ton to write about. His daily grind was, for the most part, the same and uneventful, which was best case scenario for him but made for a less thrilling read. I felt like he had to include a lot of details from his past in order to fill up the pages. I was more interested in the Antarctica story, not his childhood memories and past treks.

I think this story would have been better as a novella- keeping to his actual experience preparing for and accomplishing his passage across the Antarctica and omitting the filler. Definitely an interesting read in parts but then not so interesting in other parts.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.