“ Ice Bears & Kotick” is the extraordinary true story of a boat journey that two men made for the fun of it. They rowed & sailed through pack ice, past glaciers & icebergs. They survived whales, polar bears, starvation & capsize. In doing so they completed the first circumnavigation of the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in an open rowing boat. Along the way they learned about themselves & about life, & experienced a frozen wilderness that will most likely disappear before the century is out. This is a story for small-boat sailors, for lovers of ice & snow, & for anybody who knows anybody who ever wanted to run away to sea. ...

Ice Bird is one of the great true sea stories of the twentieth century. It is also a tale of human endurance; a testimony of one man's will to overcome almost anything & everything
- physical & psychological
- to stay alive. David Lewis & his 32 foot yacht, Ice Bird, set sail from Sydney, Australia in 1972 on a search for high adventure. The voyage, full of drama, emotion, & pain took place in the least hospitable & most fascinating part of the globe, the Antarctic, through some of the most treacherous waters in the world. Along the way he would not touch land for more than fourteen weeks, facing mountainous seas, constant gales, snowstorms, & freezing temperatures & he would be fighting for his life. Twice his small yacht was capsized & once it was dismasted 3, 500 miles from help. His survival was a miracle of fortitude, skill, & some luck.

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This mouth-watering book is brimming with delicious ice cream concoctions & iced wonders from the world of Ben Vear, expert on frozen delights. Over 100 recipes scale an impressive colourful rainbow of ice cream flavours & iced treats, including a fantasia of sorbets, gelatos, kulfis, lollies, frozen yoghurts, parfait & desserts. From chocolate & caramel, to citrus & berries, from botanical infusions, herbs & spices to alcoholic temptations; Ben has a recipe for every iced desire, including the best ways to transform the humble vanilla scoop into a show-stopper. Old favourites such as strawberries & cream & mint choc chip are revisited with simple twists, & different quirky flavours like earl grey, orange marmalade, birthday cake, candied bacon, & Guinness ice cream are alluringly refreshing. Easy step-by-step instructions show how to make the perfect ice cream base from which you can create your own experimental flavours. This exciting ice cream collection is completed with Ben`s recipes for cones, nests & baskets. Lush, inventive photography captures not only the artistry & fun at the heart of Ben`s kitchen, but also the magic & wonder of ice cream in the most visually arresting book ever published on the subject. The essential science, ingredients & equipment behind ice cream are explored, as well as a personal history of the ice cream dynasty that Ben hails from. Winstones is one of the UK`s longest running & most respected family ice cream producers, founded by Ben`s great grandfather Albert Winstone in 1925 in the heart of the Cotswolds. All of the ice cream recipes in this book remain true to Albert`s original base recipe, with flavours brought up to date by Ben. ...

Ice cream has been served in Britain since the seventeenth century. Tt has graced the tables of kings, & the cones of the working man; it has been plain, flavored, molded, sliced, squirted & scooped. It has made the fortunes of industrialists & put bread on the table of generations of Italian emigres.
This new history of ice cream by food historian Ivan Day tells the whole story of ice cream in Britain, a story that has seen both the democratization of this favorite frozen dessert, & a fall in the standards of its production & presentation. It is a story of fine cuisine, of entrepreneurship, & of food for fun. Illustrated with archive material & photographs of historic ice cream desserts made from original recipes especially for this book, this is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary & much-loved food.
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The third book in the delightful series set in Carrington`s Department Store. Georgie Hart & Carrington`s Department Store have got the world at their feet. Since a reality TV series put them both on the map, life has been amazing! Carrington`s profits are in the pink, Georgie has carved herself a place in the nation`s heart & her romance with Tom, the store`s boss, has finally blossomed. Now summertime has come to Mulberry-on -Sea & Georgie is in great dem&. The town is holding a big summer festival & she & her mates from Carrington`s are planning on making sure that Mulberry puts on the show of its life! But Georgie is about to get the offer of a lifetime
- one that is just too good to turn down & something that will test her loyalties to their limits... Will Georgie be able to pull off it off once again, or has her luck finally run out?
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Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships & crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship`s wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin & the crew of the HMS Erebus & Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered & the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, & the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism & a few scattered papers & bones-until a combination of Inuit lore & the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages. ...

Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships & crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship`s wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin & the crew of the HMS Erebus & Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered & the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, & the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism & a few scattered papers & bones-until a combination of Inuit lore & the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages. ...

The Infinity series brings the world of non-fiction to life, with a detailed look at some of the world`s most popular subjects. In Ice
- Discover what life is really like in the world`s coldest places. Explore the wonderous world of icebergs & glaciers & dive with the penguins in the waters of the Antarctica. Each title features embossed covers & come with a free computer game inside.
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In August 1914, during the height of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off from England with a team of explorers to walk across the Antarctic & study the icy depths of this new & forbidding continent. Sailing through some of the most perilous seas, the Endurance becomes trapped in the deadly pack ice of the Weddell sea. When the Endurance is eventually crushed between the vast bulk of two floating icebergs, the men are forced to abandon ship & make the dangerous journey across the crushing sea in lifeboats. They reach relative safety on the uninhabited Elephant Isl&, but an even greater peril faces Shackleton & five other members of the crew. An amazing tale of heroism & ingenuity told by Antarctic expert, Meredith Hooper & accompanied by M.P. Robertson`s dramatic & graphic illustrations. ...

With these cool Cactus Ice Trays you`ll be able to cool down in style, simply fill & freeze for ice.
Includes: 2 x Cactus
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