Description: Sparkling...an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Brief description: Iain McCalman is an award-winning professor at the, where he lives. He has served as president of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and director of the Humanities Research Centre at ANU. He lives in Sydney.
Review Quotes: McCalman evokes the physical hardships and social intricacies navigated by his heroes...and also the feel of an era when 'adventure and science went hand in hand.'-- "The New Yorker"