Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00789ROO3300350005-3 lf@y 40 e @Or/ Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00789ROO3300350005-3 CPYRGHT Approved For ,,4,QL49R QD3§9 Challenging a white wilderness, the author rs off steers Ice Bird through Antarctic wate Palmer Station. In 1972 he sailed the 32-foot sloop to the bottom of the world, barely surviving the ordeal, which he described in the December Hic. Now, in his repaired and 1973 GEOGRAP refitted vessel, he dares earth's stormiest seas once more in a bid to be the first man to sail alone tic Continent. around the Antarc ALBERT P. GIANNINI 216 7 77 @A "N W T 4 W - , R i 4 W 0 APP