Mikkelsen, Ejnar

A tale of survival in the Arctic tells the story of Ejnar Mikkelson's 1910 search for the diaries of a previous expedition, describing how Mikkelson and mechanic Iver Iverson suffered through three years of every Arctic misery, including starvation, storms, and shipwreck.

Provides Arctic explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen's account of his experiences in 1910 searching for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, telling of the many difficulties he and Iver Iversen, a mechanic who joined him in Iceland, encountered, including frostbite, storms, starvation, and others.