Publisher’s Note
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., wishes to thank the Estate of Sir Martin Lindsay* for its kind permission to quote substantive passages from Those Greenland Days, Lindsay’s own account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to the east coast of Greenland in 1930–31, which is the thrilling subject of Into the Great Emptiness by David Roberts. Gino Watkins, the head of the expedition, was acknowledged by his colleagues as a brilliant explorer and leader of men, though he was the youngest member of the group. But Watkins died in a kayaking accident shortly after BAARE left Greenland, leaving no account of what he and his men had accomplished, not even notes. Hence the importance of books and recollections by other BAARE members. David Roberts relied extensively on the account in Those Greenland Days in his research, because of the way in which Sir Martin recounted his careful observation of the very many telling details that allow the reader to understand what it was really like to be on such an expedition in Greenland.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Martin Lindsay of Dowhill, Bt., CBE, DSO, (22 August 1905–5 May 1981) was a British Army officer, polar explorer, politician, and author.
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