"From the Barbary Coast to Alaska, the Bering Sea and Siberia, Arctic
Ice expertly captures the feelings and observations of a sailor on his
first trip to this frozen wonderland way, way up North. Presented as a
journal in straightforward language, it weaves an engrossing tale of
traders, whalers, explorers and Eskimos going about their fascinating
lives a century ago."-Fawne Mallory, Novelist
"Meticulously researched, written as if the speaker were in the room with you, but be sure to have a sweater handy when you read this account of a winter spent frozen in."
-Judith A. Rogow, Journalist and Researcher
"Here's the Far North that tourists wish they could see but so rarely do - walruses, polar bears and the Northern Lights descending like neon curtains; and although we wouldn't want to be sailing with the narrator when the winter turns his trading vessel into 'an ice ship with crystal rigging,' we can read the book, imagine it and almost believe we're there. I thoroughly enjoyed Arctic Ice."
-Donna McCrohan Rosenthal, Travel Writer
"An admirable effort and a unique collaboration between Blackwell and Butterfield to tell this forgotten tale of Arctic history."
-Terrence Cole, Professor of History, University of Alaska
"Has all the flavor of an old salt's yarn in a waterfront dive. I smell the rum on its breath."
-Dennis Peitso, Master Mariner and Schoonerman