Hear the true story of a young woman who ditched everything she knew to become a cook in the coldest place on earth: Antarctica.
Imagine you are a young woman with a stellar career but an increasing dissatisfaction with life. Imagine that your idea of a remote location is the distance between a taxi rank and a shoe shop. How do you shrug off your growing ennui? Simple: You apply for the position of cook in the coldest place on earth: Antarctica.
Antarctica lends itself to tales of adventure and heartbreak. The landscape is polarized, beautiful and deadly in equal measure. But Alexa doesn't scale mountains or trek to the Pole. Instead, armed with an old cookbook, she attempts to create three-course meals with no electricity or running water and struggles to defrost meat in sub-zero temperatures. Life in a thin nylon tent in the company of scientists, explorers, and eccentrics soon begins to take on extraordinary dimensions. As 120-kilometre-an-hour winds blow and tensions rise, friendships - and love -are forged in this frozen neighborhood.
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"Awesome adventure. Excellent writing. This is a memoir from a woman who left her graphic designer job in Sydney, Australia and took a job as a cook in Antarctica. I loved this book. " — Kelli (5 out of 5 stars)
"Awesome adventure. Excellent writing. This is a memoir from a woman who left her graphic designer job in Sydney, Australia and took a job as a cook in Antarctica. I loved this book. "
" This book was pretty terrible. The writing is awful and the main character is really irritating. "
" I agree with many others here. A very whiny tone and not much sympathy for the author. I still don't understand why she wanted to go there frankly. She doesn't really think very broadly about the experience. "
" A light, easy and enjoyable read. "
" I love it, I want to do this... live a surreal life for 3 months as a cook while camping on this wild arctic continent "
" Read this because a friend of mine has spent 7 or 8 season on the ice and just thought it sounded like a good bio. If you've ever wondered what it's like down there this is a good book to read. "
" Awesome adventure. Excellent writing. This is a memoir from a woman who left her graphic designer job in Sydney, Australia and took a job as a cook in Antarctica. I loved this book. "
" Good read; part biography, part history of Antarctic exploration, part cool cook story. It runs out of steam at the end, unfortunately, and devolves into a sentimental rant. "
" Quite a goodread. Though its been a while since I read it.... "
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