Polar Explorer Recounts Life on An Ice Cap
Author and Arctic explorer John Huston discusses his book 'Forward' at the Evanston Public Library Thursday. The book tells the story of his 2009 expedition to the North Pole.
Dragging a sled over Arctic ice on a 55-day expedition to the North Pole in 2009, explorer John Huston missed guacamole, eggs Benedict and his family. But back home in Evanston, when the phone’s ringing or he’s stuck in traffic, Huston misses the mental simplicity of an expedition. “I’m happy at home, but I’m a restless person in some ways,” says Huston, 35, who recently published Forward, a book about his expedition to the North Pole. “Every day I miss aspects of the expedition life and the wide open experience of living on an ice cap.” Huston and his partner, Tyler Fish, traveled to the North Pole unsupported, meaning they traveled on their own power, packing all the provisions they needed so they did not need to resupply. They became …
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