About the book
Robert Ryan's historical novel, based on fact, retells the story of Lawrence Oates, a former cavalry officer and Boer War hero who joins Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition hoping England would win the race to the South Pole. Small mistakes and bad luck beset the mission from its start.
Stratajet founder Jonny Nicol called it one of the best books about building a start-up even though it has nothing to do with companies, since the explorers faced many of the challenges a new start-up's CEO will face.
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Jonny Nicol (Founder/Stratajet)
One of the best books you could read about building a start-up has nothing to do with starting a company! It’s a book called Death on the Ice, by Robert Ryan, and it’s about the 1910 expedition to the South Pole, led by Robert Falcon Scott. lot of the challenges that team of explorers faced will be the same challenges the CEO of a new start-up will face. There will be dizzying highs and crushing lows. There will be times when all you can do is work and it seems like you’re chipping away at a never-ending mountain.
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