＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞‘For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation and activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of voyages to remote, mountainous regions.’＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman＜/strong＞’s fourteenth book describes three more of those voyages, ＜em＞‘the first comparatively humdrum, the second totally disastrous, and the third exceedingly troublesome’＜/em＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The first voyage describes Tilman’s 1971 attempt to reach East Greenland’s remote and ice-bound ＜strong＞Scoresby Sound＜/strong＞. The largest fjord system in the world was named after the father of Whitby whaling captain, ＜strong＞William Scoresby＜/strong＞, who first charted the coastline in 1822. Scoresby’s two-volume Account of the Arctic Regions provided much of the historical inspiration for Tilman’s northern voyages and fuelled his fascination with Scoresby Sound and the unclimbed mountains at its head.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tilman’s first attempt to reach the fjord had already cost him his first boat, ＜em＞Mischief＜/em＞, in 1968. The following year, a ＜em＞‘polite mutiny’＜/em＞ aboard ＜em＞Sea Breeze＜/em＞ had forced him to turn back within sight of the entrance, so with a good crew aboard in 1971, it was particularly frustrating for Tilman to find the fjord blocked once more, this time by impenetrable sea ice at the entrance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Refusing to give up, Tilman’s obsession with Scoresby Sound continued in 1972 when a series of unfortunate events led to the loss of ＜em＞Sea Breeze＜/em＞, crushed between a rock and an ice floe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Safely back home in Wales, the inevitable search for a new boat began. ‘＜em＞One cannot buy a biggish boat as if buying a piece of soap. The act is almost as irrevocable as marriage and should be given as much thought.＜/em＞’ The 1902 pilot cutter ＜em＞Baroque＜/em＞, was acquired and after not inconsiderable expense, proved equal to the challenge. Tilman’s first troublesome voyage aboard her to West Greenland in 1973 completes this collection.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。
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