The solitude of Thomas Cave

Description:

It is August 1616, and in the Arctic, the crew of the whaling ship, Heartsease, must return home before the winter ice closes in. All, that is, except Thomas Cave. He makes a wager that he will remain there alone until the next season. So, left with provisions, shelter, and a journal, Cave's lonely contest with the realities of the Arctic winter begins.

subjects: Fiction,  Memory,  Solitude,  Whalers (Persons),  Survival skills,  Survival,  New York Times reviewed,  Arctic regions, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Greenland, fiction

Places: Islands of the Arctic