Need information on boyfriend and girlfriend who set out to the
antarctic/actic in a small sailboat to purposfully become trapped in
the winter ice for the winter. 1990's?  True story.

Dear gatacca-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

“North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic” is one of the
books written by Alvah Simon that depicts the true story of the
challenges he and his wife Diane faced after intentionally becoming
trapped in the ice of the Canadian Arctic. In time, due to
circumstances that they could never have predicted, Alvah Simon finds
himself alone on his frozen boat in the desolate, deadly and icy
wilderness with no hope of breaking the vessel free.

Here is the trailer for this book:

“An intense, thoughtful, enlightening, frightening and immensely well
written book that you will find difficult to put down. After
completing a circumnavigation and many years of adventure throughout
the world, Alvah and Diane Simon decide to top it all by outfitting a
36' steel cutter and wintering north of the arctic circle. Alvah
nearly lost his life to the unforgiving arctic, but emerged a changed
man. Their bravado, discipline and ability to endure left me
absolutely dumbfounded. Alvah Simon's fluid prose details the couples
decision to embark on such an enterprise, their preparation, the
journey into the arctic and the winter spent frozen in the ice. Many
aspects of the Inuit (Eskimo) culture, the arctic environment and its
wildlife are brought to vivid life. From near-collisions with
icebergs, to a face-to-face, in the cockpit confrontation with a polar
bear the adventure is non-stop and very real.”

It is indeed a true story and I appreciate you pointing it out to me.
I found the answer to your question so interesting that I have decided
to buy the book and read it myself.

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INFORMATION SOURCES

“North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic” by Alvah Simon
Hardcover - 256 pages (September 1998) McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0070580529

AMAZON.COM - “North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic”
by Alvah Simon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076790446X/qid=1046383695/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-0343517-1057614?v=glance&s=books


AMAZON.COM
Read 26 sample pages from the book “North to the Night: A Spiritual
Odyssey in the Arctic” by Alvah Simon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076790446X/ref=lib_rd_ss/002-0343517-1057614?v=glance&s=books&vi=slide-show#reader-link


EZ2FIND – “North to the Night: A Year in the Arctic Ice”
http://ez2find.com/go.php3?site=book&go=0070580529



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“ALVAH SIMON”

ARCTIC COUPLE SAILBOAT

thanks for the quick reply!