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    Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic

    By Kevin Krajick

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    First published in 2001, this is the classic true story of the men who sought — and found — a great diamond mine on the last frontier of the far north. From a bloody 18th-century trek across the Canadian tundra to the daunting natural forces facing protagonists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson in the 1990s as they struggle against the mighty DeBeers cartel, this is the definitive account of one of the world’s great mineral discoveries. Combining geology, science history, raw nature and high intrigue, it is also a tale of supreme adventure, taking the reader into a magical — and now fast-vanishing — wild landscape. Now in a newly revised and updated edition.

    “Masterful… at once a scientific thriller, excursion into industrial espionage, and page-turning paean to obsession.” — Smithsonian

    “Krajick, a talented storyteller, strikes it rich.” — The Economist
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKevin Krajick
    Release dateJan 17, 2014
    ISBN9781625360564
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    Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic
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    Kevin Krajick

    Kevin Krajick has reported from dozens of countries for The New Yorker, National Geographic, Newsweek, Science and many other publications. He was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Public Service, and is two-time winner of the American Geophysical Union’s Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughters.

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    • 4/5
      This is a good adventure book. "Barren Lands" and "Fire into Ice" cover the same individual and tell the same story, but through two different authors.Fire into Ice dwells a little more on geology and geochemistry of the search for diamonds. "Barren Lands" deals a little more with the driven nature and the character flaws of the same lead character. "Barren Lands" restricts coverage to just the Canadian search for diamonds while "Fire into Ice" is more a biography, covering not only segments of the main character, Chuck Fipke's youth, but also his more diversified previous and later exploring for both other mineral deposits and other diamond sources.The greater focus in "Barren Lands" on just the Canadian diamond search does provide more detail about the competition and complex financing of the Canadian search. But this is at the expense of the lead character's work on numerous diamond deposits throughout the world and his previous dealings and sampling of the South African DeBeers diamond mines which "Fire into Ice" covers well, and Fipke's love of the stone-age people of New Guinea where his explorations began.l."Fire and Ice" has a more thorough coverage of Fipke's later exploration in other countries, especially Yemen and King Solomon's gold mines.Still this book, Barren Lands" is an exciting read, with many suspenseful and interesting events and details.Both books are exciting and worth reading
    • 4/5
      After spending some time tracking down a copy of this book, I didn't waste any time reading it! Wonderful read. The author details the discovery of what may be the largest diamond mine in North America. Through the story of Chuck Fipke, Krajick interjects the history of diamond mining from around the world. I only have a cursory knowledge of geology and found this book very engaging.