Antarctica by Tall Ship: and other unintended adventures

At four years old, M. L. "Matt" Buchman lifted Antarctica off the bottom of his globe and tucked it inside a childhood dream. Six decades later, he finally went there - not on a cruise ship, but as working crew aboard the Bark Europa, a 186-foot, three-masted tall ship, crossing the notoriously savage Drake Passage under sail.Antarctica by Tall Ship is the story of that voyage and the long, winding life that led to it: a boy whose beloved Sunfish sailing dinghy was sold out from under him, a teenager who chose trust over cynicism on a theater floor, a burned-out thirty-five-year-old who pedaled a bicycle around the world to find himself, and a sixty-seven-year-old writer who finally ran out of excuses.Part adventure memoir, part meditation on dreams and the patience they require, this book follows one man's lifelong pursuit of wonder - and the surprising discovery, made in a gale at midnight, that some journeys don't end when you step off the ship.He paid to be there. Every mile was worth it.