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Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge

by Kara P. Pennington

A young family’s voyage into the Arctic

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A young family’s voyage into the Arctic

Kara P. Pennington’s true story begins with two ambitions unfolding at once: a return to ocean sailing and the arrival of a newborn. The family travels to the Netherlands to take on Sentijn, an old Dutch sailboat that needs substantial work, with plans to head west through the Northwest Passage. The journey’s practical challenges—an unreliable vessel, a baby aboard, and plans that do not go as expected—lead into a broader question of where home can be found. Set against a voyage toward the Arctic, the book brings family life, friendship, and adventure together in a travel narrative about the difficult choices involved in pursuing a shared dream.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in sailing journeys and the Northwest Passage.
  • Readers drawn to true travel narratives centered on family life and adventure.
  • Readers curious about life aboard an aging sailboat in polar regions.

Themes

Family and parenthoodSailing and explorationFriendshipHome and belongingRisk and difficult choices

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Book overview

A true story of poor judgment and questionable parenting, but also of friendship and adventure.

A cubicle-dwelling nine-to-fiver hatches a secret plan to buy an old Dutch sailboat, fix her up, and return to the Pacific via the Northwest Passage. His wife hopes for a family. Somehow, both dreams are set in motion-simultaneously. Undeterred, they pack a single suitcase, their six pound newborn, and board a flight to the Netherlands.

The boat is a slowly-sinking national treasure, her engine a museum piece. If all goes according to plan, they'll be ready to cross the Atlantic by autumn. But nothing ever does, not with a new baby on an intractable old boat like Sentijn.

Hard choices will have to be made if they want to see home waters again. But, it's not until their darkest hour-deep in the Arctic-when they finally realize the truth.

They've been home all along.

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