The Frozen Compass

The Frozen Compass

Author: Barrett Williams

Publisher: Barrett Williams

Published: 2024-07-08

Total Pages: 69

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### The Frozen Compass Your Ultimate Guide to Blizzard Survival Embark on a gripping journey through the freezing wilderness with "The Frozen Compass". This comprehensive eBook is your indispensable companion for surviving and thriving in post-ice age America. From understanding the unique challenges posed by frozen landscapes to mastering the essentials of blizzard survival, this guide takes you step-by-step through everything you need to know. **Chapter Highlights** **Understanding Post-Ice Age America** Dive into the transformed American terrain, climate change repercussions, and the unique challenges of navigating a frozen wilderness. Gain insights into how our world has shifted and what it means for survival. **Preparing for Blizzard Survival** Equip yourself with the knowledge of essential gear, physical and mental conditioning, and meticulous journey planning. This chapter ensures you're prepared for the harshest conditions. **Blizzard Weather Basics** Master the skill of reading weather patterns, interpreting snow and ice formations, and recognizing signs of an approaching blizzard. Stay one step ahead of nature's fury. **Navigational Tools and Techniques** Learn to navigate using traditional and modern tools, from compasses to GPS strategies. Discover how to effectively map your journey through snow-covered terrains. **Building Shelter in Extreme Cold** Explore temporary and long-term shelter options, including the construction of snow caves and winter camps. Ensure warmth and safety even in the coldest conditions. **Fire and Warmth in Blizzard Conditions** Uncover techniques for starting fires in snowy environments, effective firewood collection, and alternative heat sources. Stay warm even when the temperature plummets. **Finding Food in a Frozen Landscape** Identify edible plants and animals, master ice fishing techniques, and learn safe food storage methods to sustain yourself in subzero temperatures. **Water Procurement and Purification** Perfect the art of melting snow for drinking water, utilizing ice extraction methods, and purifying contaminated sources. Hydration is key to survival. **Travel and Transportation in Deep Snow** Get acquainted with snowshoeing basics, sleds, skis, and other essential gear for traversing treacherous terrains. **First Aid and Emergency Responses** Be prepared to treat hypothermia, frostbite, snow blindness, and manage emergency evacuations. Your health and safety are paramount. **Sustainable Practices in Snow Survival** Embrace environmental responsibility with ethical hunting, foraging, and Leave No Trace principles. Survival and sustainability go hand-in-hand. **Blizzard Communication Methods** Master the use of radio, satellite devices, signal fires, and effective communication with rescue teams. **Group Dynamics and Safety** Ensure group cohesion, define roles and responsibilities, and resolve conflicts in extreme conditions. Survival is a team effort. **Psychological Resilience in Isolation** Develop coping strategies for solitude, mental exercises, and mindfulness practices to maintain psychological resilience. **Case Studies and Real-Life Scenarios** Learn from famous blizzard survival stories, historical events, and personal accounts that offer invaluable lessons and reflections. Ready to conquer the frozen wilderness? "The Frozen Compass" arms you with the knowledge, strategies, and resilience needed to survive in the harshest winter conditions. Don't just survive—thrive. Secure your copy today and turn the daunting into doable.


Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass

Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass

Author: Ian Irvine

Publisher: Santhenar Trust

Published: 2008-06-30

Total Pages: 416

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Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. On a freezing winter’s night, Lord Shambles shatters the tower where the children are learning magic. Runcible, Mariam and their friends run for their lives. All Iltior now lies in the dreaded sorcerer’s hands and, as soon as he steals the children’s unique magic, he will attack Earth. As they are hunted across Iltior, Runcible realises that there is only one way to attack their enemy. The children must sneak into his terrible fortress and there Runcible has to take on Shambles, the greatest sorcerer in the world, all by himself. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites


The Sun Is a Compass

The Sun Is a Compass

Author: Caroline Van Hemert

Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0316414433

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For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel


Spin to Survive: Frozen Mountain

Spin to Survive: Frozen Mountain

Author: Emily Hawkins

Publisher: Spin to Survive

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 0711255210

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Take your chances with the pop-out fortune spinner in the adventure-filled game book, Frozen Mountain.


The Desperate Dwarf

The Desperate Dwarf

Author: Ian Irvine

Publisher: Santhenar Trust

Published: 2019-05-03

Total Pages: 200

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Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves. Mellie has stolen the unluckiest charm in Wychwold and can’t get rid of it. Pook has an insane plan to rescue the Collected children. The demons Nuckl, Spleen and Tonsil are after Ike’s innards. And the Fey Queen, Emajicka, is coming to tear out his worst nightmare. Only Ike can save Grimmery. But first he has to win a contest with a lying, cheating scoundrel – the desperate dwarf, Con Glomryt. Reviews of Grim and Grimmer “The funniest horror story you’ll read in a long while – Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet.” Good Reading “An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny.” Reading Time “A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended.” Bookseller and Publisher “The Grasping Goblintakes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. A grand adventure.” Aussiereviews.com “I gasped and laughed my way through these three books.” Dee White, Kid’s Book Capers. “A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious.” Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com “The fun explodes off every page.” Richard Harland, multi-award winning author of Worldshaker. “Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com on The Headless Highwayman


The Well of Echoes Box Set

The Well of Echoes Box Set

Author: Ian Irvine

Publisher: Santhenar Trust

Published: 2019-05-03

Total Pages: 3356

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The war has been raging for a hundred years … and humanity is close to defeat. Santhenar is locked in conflict with the lyrinx – intelligent, winged predators from the Void who are desperate to gain their own world. And despite the development of mechanical battle clankers, and mastery of the crystals that drive them, humanity is losing. The enemy is destroying its nodes of magical power, one by one. Tiaan, a clever but naïve crystal worker in a clanker manufactory, is testing a new kind of crystal when she overhears an enchanting young man, Minis, speaking from far away. The crystal has woken her gift for geomancy, the most powerful of all the Secret Arts, and the most perilous. It is a talent that both humanity and its enemies are desperate to control. Falsely accused of sabotage by Irisis, a malicious rival, Tiaan flees for her life. But soon she is stalked by the outcast, wingless lyrinx, Ryll, who plans to use her in his dreadful flesh-forming sorcery. From afar, Minis advises and guides Tiaan and she now sees him as more than a friend. Aching for him, Tiaan follows his instructions all the way to Tirthrax, the tallest mountain in all the Three Worlds, where a nightmare awaits her … You won’t want to miss this edge-of-the seat epic fantasy series by a million-selling author. What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books “A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus “A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX onGeomancer “It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald “Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog “Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead “As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser Reviews and Honours for The Well of Echoes Scrutator, Honourable Mention, 2003 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel, and listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2003. Chimaera listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2004. 'Ian Irvine is arguably the most inventive fantasy author to emerge in recent years. A page-turner of the highest order ... Irvine can now consider himself comfortably ranked next to the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings and, more appropriately, the mighty Anne McCaffrey. Formidable!' SFX 'This is, attractively, grimmer and grittier than most fantasy novels with a real sense of industrial squalor and a society in paranoid melt-down – and with a neatly unpleasant set of twists at the end.' Roz Kaveney, Amazon.uk 'Ian Irvine has produced one of those rarities in the fantasy genre, and that is a unique, well-thought-out world coupled with a well-written storyline. A gripping read.' Enigma 'Irvine imagines the epic landscape through which the characters move in persuasive detail and describes it powerfully. The misery of the manufactory's oppressed children and fearful adults is effectively communicated and elaborated. Driven by fear and inadequacy ... they cheat, lie and betray others in the cause of their own ambition, but are nonetheless sympathetically portrayed.' Australian Book Review.


The Grim and Grimmer Box Set

The Grim and Grimmer Box Set

Author: Ian Irvine

Publisher: Santhenar Trust

Published: 2019-05-11

Total Pages: 760

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The complete Grim and Grimmer humorous fantasy quartet for primary readers. It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves. The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing the children of Grimmery for her Collection. She bathes in their nightmares to relieve her own. There is one nightmare she wants most of all. If Ike had stayed home that Tuesday, he would not have been expelled from school, betrayed a princess or robbed a murderous queen. He would not have been tied to an insane imp desperate to eat his liver. He certainly would not have floated across a strange land on an impossible rescue mission, powered by exploding manure. Nor would he have tried to escape via that disastrous troll-bum door. But can he ever escape the Nightmare Queen? Reviews “The funniest horror story you’ll read in a long while – Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet.” Good Reading “Entertainingly written in an energetic, descriptive style. An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny.” Reading Time “Irvine has great fun creating his world. Funny and fast-paced, Ike’s story reads briskly, leavened with a little horror and a dash of scatological humour. A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended.” Bookseller and Publisher “The Headless Highwaymanis the first book in the Grim and Grimmer series from fantasy genius Ian Irvine, who manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com “The Grasping Goblintakes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. Very funny too, as well as dangerous, gory and grotty. A grand adventure.” Aussiereviews.com “I gasped and laughed my way through these three books. Action packed.” Dee White, Kid’s Book Capers. “A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious.” Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com “Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com on The Calamitous Queen


Wizardry Crag

Wizardry Crag

Author: Ian Irvine

Publisher: Santhenar Trust

Published: 2019-05-03

Total Pages: 63

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Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. Tamly’s Birth Foretelling said he would be a danger to magic, and it seems to be true. The sorcerer brothers Harshax and Krushax are hunting him down – but for what terrible purpose? It will take all Tamly’s courage to face his enemies and thwart their evil plan. Fantastically illustrated by DM Cornish. Reviews and Honours for The Sorcerer’s Tower Shortlisted for the 2008 Aurealis Award, Best Children’s Series “A new series by two of Australia’s best. It has all the things that turn reluctant readers into avaricious readers – fast moving plot, big gribble monsters and really cool illustrations.” Reading Time “A thrilling bedtime chapter book for parents to read to children five years and older.” The Courier Mailon Thorn Castle “Fast moving fantasy adventure, brought to life by Cornish’s distinctive illustrations.” Good Reading “A fast-paced, easy reading book for middle primary school.” The Ballarat Courier “This exciting story is likely to appeal to young readers who like their adventures action-packed, but also to slightly older, reluctant readers.” Sunday Tasmanian “Children as young as six will enjoy this fast paced novel. Non-stop fantasy action with humour and colourful detail.” The Courier Mail on Black Crypt “Beautifully crafted with magic, excitement, surprises, chases and fights all the way.” Aurealis “From one of Australia’s masters of fantasy, this action-packed series is a wonderful introduction to the genre for readers aged nine and over. Perfect for the reluctant or younger reader.” Aussiereviews.com