Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas
“A sinister version of The Perfect Storm . . . Thrilling.” —Sunday Times (UK)
For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild
There’s nothing that armchair adventur…
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