Two books about women Explorers
I'm doing mini-reviews here of a couple of books I read recently about women explorers. I picked up an actual paper copy of Off the Beaten Track last fall when I was visiting Banff National Park. A Woman in the Polar Night was a library book, one of those that pops up in the "if you're looking at this book, you might like these books" lists. Title: A woman in the Polar Night Author: Christiane Ritter. Translate by Jane Degras, read by Rebecca Gallagher Publication Info: Tantor Media, 2024. 7 hours. First published in German in 1938. Source: Library Publisher's Blurb (Goodreads): This rediscovered classic memoir tells the incredible tale of a woman defying society's expectations to find freedom and peace in the adventure of a lifetime. In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a c...