First published in 2001, Barren Lands 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 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.