BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION: ANTARCTICA AHOY! THE ICE BOOK BY JUHAN SMUUL
Hello dear readers and blog visitors! Today we'll talk books again in this little digital place to call my own. More specifically, today I'll share my review for a literary travelogue Jäine raamat written by Juhan Smuul (given name Johannes Schmuul), an Estonian journalist and writer. Wikipedia titles this book as The Frozen Book , but from what I managed to find online (on Amazon and so on), there are quite a few English editions of this book until the title: Antarctica Ahoy: The Ice Book . Supposedly, this is how this book was originally translated. Indeed, I haven't found any editions under the title The Frozen Book but maybe this is a later translation of the title. If you decide to search for it in English, perhaps it is best to try with both titles. This travelogue covers Soviet expedition to Antarctica, but it also devotes several chapters to visits to other countries. Apart from Antarctica, I would say that Australia features most prominently among countries de...