{"product_id":"north-to-the-night-a-spiritual-odyssey-in-the-arctic-9780767904469","title":"North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic","description":"In June 1994 Alvah Simon and his wife, Diana, set off in their 36-foot sailboat to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra, and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle. Four months later, unexpected events would trap Simon alone on his boat, frozen in ice 100 miles from the nearest settlement, with the long polar night stretching into darkness for months to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his world circumscribed by screaming blizzards and marauding polar bears and his only companion a kitten named Halifax, Simon withstands months of crushing loneliness, sudden blindness, and private demons. Trapped in a boat buried beneath the drifting snow, he struggles through the perpetual darkness toward a spiritual awakening and an understanding of the forces that conspired to bring him there. He emerges five months later a transformed man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon's powerful, triumphant story combines the suspense of \u003cb\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/b\u003e with a crystalline, lyrical prose to explore the hypnotic draw of one of earth's deepest and most dangerous wildernesses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlvah Simon spent thirteen years sailing the world, finding adventure in Borneo's jungles, Africa's deserts, and Cape Horn's ship graveyards. For their Arctic journey, he and his wife, Diana, received the 1997 \u003ci\u003eCruising World\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Seamanship Award. The Simons live aboard the \u003ci\u003eRoger Henry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911242158354,"sku":"9780767904469","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d029973a-3d10-42fb-a381-463e89316613.jpg?v=1738735250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/north-to-the-night-a-spiritual-odyssey-in-the-arctic-9780767904469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}