{"product_id":"ice-hours-9781611864496","title":"Ice Hours","description":"\u003ci\u003eIce Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is a suite of poems set in majestic and severe Antarctica, chronicling the nearly forgotten story of the Ross Sea party. Weaving historical and scientific research into lilting verse, Marion Starling Boyer follows the adventurers who sailed on the \u003ci\u003eAurora\u003c\/i\u003e at the beginning of World War I to support Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. These poems reveal the characters of the explorers and the conflicts they faced during the two years they labored to lay a chain of supply depots across the ice, unaware that Shackleton would never come because his ship, the \u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e, sank on the opposite side of the continent. The Ross Sea men battled frozen wastelands, scurvy, snow-blindness, starvation, hypothermia, and frostbite while their ship, the \u003ci\u003eAurora\u003c\/i\u003e, was ice-trapped, marooning them without vital equipment, clothing, fuel, and food. Through lyric and formal poetic forms, \u003ci\u003eIce Hours\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the close of a heroic period interwoven with the brooding voice of the Antarctic continent, evoking themes of what occurs when humanity engages with the sublime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wheelbarrow Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611864496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120","brand":"Marion Starling Boyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561910636725,"sku":"9781611864496","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_25db23b6-729b-4a8f-bff7-ca1afc7404d2.jpg?v=1670942819","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ice-hours-9781611864496","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}