Jesse Blackadder’s ‘Chasing the Light’

Wednesday, 30 January 2013 Books+Publishing

It’s the early 1930s. Whaling is booming in Antarctic waters while the fight for dominance over the land continues. The race to become the first woman to reach Antarctica is ongoing, and both would-be adventurer Lillemor Rachlew and Ingrid, the wife of whaling magnate Lars Christensen, intend to claim the...