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    The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2): Islands of Penguins
    The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2): Islands of Penguins
    The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2): Islands of Penguins
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    The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2): Islands of Penguins

    By Dan Linehan

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    About this ebook

    Provocative, edgy, humorous, racy, thought-provoking, and full of wonder all describe The Princess of the Bottom of the World, a seven-episode series of multimedia novellas focusing on the natural world and international adventure.

    Though a work of fiction, The Princess of the Bottom of the World is based on the author’s true adventures to Antarctica and the surrounding regions, time living abroad in Argentina, work with science and engineering, and nearly two decades of professional writing about the only world that we can call home.

    About Episode 2:

    Scott considers the first stop of his voyage as nothing more than a detour on the way to Antarctica. When he arrives at the Falkland Islands, the rugged coastlines and sweeping landscapes immediately change his view. Amid the scenes of natural splendor, penguin after penguin, and other amazing creatures, he begins to see signs of an unfolding story.

    The episode contains photos and connects to an online Multimedia Traveling Companion that includes additional photos, video footage, and more behind-the-scenes materials.

    Praise for The Princess of the Bottom of the World:

    “I loved going on the journey with Scott and the group. I was brought so close to the land and the wildlife by Scott’s descriptions, which can only be accomplished by someone with a heart invested in them. This beautiful travelogue swept me away.” —Mary Ackerman (nurse practitioner and book club member)

    “I especially like Melina and Cassandra, who were both hard working, smart, personable, independent, risk takers, passionate, uninhibited, playful, and lived in the moment.” —Connie Clark (dean of health sciences and book club member)

    “This is a great story! It was an adventure from the start! I like Scott, young and old, for his gumption and romanticism and resourcefulness and adventuresomeness, his humor and playfulness, his combination of regard for safety and protocols with his occasional interest in ignoring those very things. I like his sensuality and brains.” —Mary Rakow (author and editor)

    “The Princess of the Bottom of the World reads like a collaboration between Paul Theroux, Rachel Carson, and Robert James Waller.” —Dan Bergmann (scientist and educator)

    “Scott’s narrative voice is compelling, and imparts so much personality that I felt like I had gone on the expedition with him. And I was definitely craving Malbec (one of my favorite wines, too) the entire time!” —Deborah Steinberg (writer and editor)

    “It’s really wonderful how strongly you express Scott’s emotions and excitement over every glacier. And all his descriptions are so vivid, right down to the feathers of the black-browed albatross. Whew, it’s a powerful ending and I am still crying!” —Gail Cheeseman (cofounder of Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris)

    About the series:

    Scott Sullivan must travel to the coldest and most remote place on Earth to warm his heart to love. He journeys to Antarctica and other distant regions to study and write about wildlife and environmental issues. For far too long he has put his personal life on ice.

    Nothing could have prepared him for the spellbinding beauty and heart-wrenching reality he encounters. During the voyage he befriends a quirky crew member who begins the melting process on his heart. In his search to better understand the world, he unexpectedly finds a better understanding of himself.

    But at the end of the voyage, Scott and Cassandra are forced to go their separate ways. When a shipwreck draws them back together, Scott makes his own course correction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDan Linehan
    Release dateMar 30, 2019
    ISBN9780463743225
    The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2): Islands of Penguins
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    Dan Linehan

    In 2000, Dan Linehan switched careers from scientific researcher and engineer to fulltime writer and editor. Focusing on creativity, education, and outreach using multiplatform storytelling, he is widely published—in many forms of writing that include poetry and fiction—and has won awards for his work. Video, photography, and other visualizations often play important roles.He has authored two highly illustrated nonfiction books that cover historical and technological aspects of aerospace and space tourism, Burt Rutan's Race to Space: The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations (Zenith Press, 2011) and SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History (Zenith Press, 2008), which has a foreword by science fiction legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.Dan has worked for a film studio, a literary journal, a national laboratory, and leading educational publishers. As a writer, he explored Antarctica and the surrounding regions from 2006 to 2007 and lived in Argentina from 2013 to 2014.

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      The Princess of the Bottom of the World (Episode 2) - Dan Linehan

      Praise for The Princess of the Bottom of the World

      I loved going on the journey with Scott and the group. I was brought so close to the land and the wildlife by Scott’s descriptions, which can only be accomplished by someone with a heart invested in them. This beautiful travelogue swept me away.

      —Mary Ackerman (nurse practitioner and book club member)

      I especially like Melina and Cassandra, who were both hard working, smart, personable, independent, risk takers, passionate, uninhibited, playful, and lived in the moment.

      —Connie Clark (dean of health sciences and book club member)

      This is a great story! It was an adventure from the start! I like Scott, young and old, for his gumption and romanticism and resourcefulness and adventuresomeness, his humor and playfulness, his combination of regard for safety and protocols with his occasional interest in ignoring those very things. I like his sensuality and brains.

      —Mary Rakow (author and editor)

      "The Princess of the Bottom of the World reads like a collaboration between Paul Theroux, Rachel Carson, and Robert James Waller."

      —Dan Bergmann (scientist and educator)

      Scott’s narrative voice is compelling, and imparts so much personality that I felt like I had gone on the expedition with him. And I was definitely craving Malbec (one of my favorite wines, too) the entire time!

      —Deborah Steinberg (writer and editor)

      "In my preschool classroom, nature plays a big part of the curriculum. I was pleased to see that you included some stories that reflected Scott’s childhood interest in nature. We need to work hard to cultivate young children’s interest in nature so they will become better caretakers of our planet. So after reading The Princess of the Bottom of the World, I’ll be working on how to appropriately include climate change in the curriculum."

      —Pat Padilla (teacher and book club member)

      It’s really wonderful how strongly you express Scott’s emotions and excitement over every glacier. And all his descriptions are so vivid, right down to the feathers of the black-browed albatross. Whew, it’s a powerful ending and I am still crying!

      —Gail Cheeseman (cofounder of Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris)

      The Princess of the Bottom of the World

      Episode 2: Islands of Penguins

      by Dan Linehan

      Over the years working on The Princess of the Bottom of the World, I've had help in many ways from many people. Thank you all! I wish to dedicate this work to poet and writing instructor David Gitin. His teaching and guidance allowed me to emerge as a writer. I miss my good friend.

      List of Episodes

      Episode 1: Journey to the Bottom of the World

      Episode 2: Islands of Penguins

      Episode 3: Glaciers, Bones, and Ghost Towns

      Episode 4: Antarctica, Ho!

      Episode 5: Patagonia and the World of Waterfalls

      Episode 6: Course Corrections

      Episode 7: When the Journey Never Ended

      Book Video Trailer

      The Princess of the Bottom of the World

      Though a work of fiction, The Princess of the Bottom of the World is a seven-episode multimedia serial novel based on the author’s true adventures to Antarctica and the surrounding regions, time living abroad in Argentina, work with science and engineering, and nearly two decades of professional writing about the only world that we can call home.

      This episode is best read with an image capable reader. Photos in high resolution are available online by visiting the Multimedia Traveling Companion, which also includes additional photos, historical video footage, and more behind-the-scenes materials. It is also linked to tags in the text: [p] for photos, [s] for songs, and [v] for videos.

      The series is not intended for all ages. Episodes can contain strong language, mature situations and themes, and/or sexual content.

      Cover photo by Dan Linehan

      Cover and logo designs by James Linehan

      Spanish translation assistance by Gisela Zunino (Buenos Aires)

      Publication Acknowledgments

      Excerpts: Beagle Channel, Buenos Aires, The Other Side of the Comet, and Hit Play (Homestead Review, 2015); Grytviken (Porter Gulch Review, 2015); Surfing on Rocks of Ice (Catamaran Literary Reader, 2015); An International Scene (Ping-Pong, 2015); and Fish, Frogs, and Alluvial Fans (Caustic Frolic, 2019).

      Poems: Cats and Dogs (Monterey Poetry Review, 2007); Constellations (installation at Residencia Corazón, La Plata, Argentina, 2013); and Beagle Channel and Trece Fuegos (Homestead Review, 2007).

      Photographs: Sunset in Beagle Channel and Street Art in Buenos Aires (Homestead Review, 2015); Dog in Ushuaia (Monterey Poetry Review, 2007); Elephant Seals and Zodiacs (Hilltromper, 2015); and Whale Tail (Otter 501: A webStory, 2012).

      Version E2.12

      Copyright 2019–2020 by Dan Linehan. All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, given away to other people, or shared in any other electronic manner. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      From the rocky shoreline and exposed kelp at New Island in the Falklands, rockhopper penguins [p] look out to sea and prepare to forage. (Photo by Dan Linehan)

      Praise

      Title Page

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Perils of Seafaring

      Chapter 2: Open Ocean

      Chapter 3: The Flower Story

      Chapter 4: Zodiac Landing

      Chapter 5: Corpse of the Bride

      Chapter 6: Ashore!

      Chapter 7: Busy Living

      Chapter 8: Swarm, Caracaras, Swarm

      Map: The Voyage

      Map: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

      Index and Multimedia Traveling Companion

      About the Series and Episodes

      Author Bio and More Info

      1 / Perils of Seafaring

      The waters surrounding Antarctica are the coldest, roughest, and most isolated on the planet. If the passengers had to abandon the ship, then one of two fully enclosed lifeboats [p] aboard would be the only chance of survival. Its vivid, reddish orange color is a safety requirement, allowing it to be spotted from great distances, including by satellites. (Photo by Dan Linehan)

      DAY 3: SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

      I liked to think of myself as observant and well coordinated. One of the very first things I did aboard the ship—even before the tugboat yanked us clear of the wharf earlier in the day—was bonk my head on the top of a bulkhead doorway. It wouldn’t be the only time, either. But with all the excitement and the newness of the ship’s environment, so much raced through my mind that my attention to some details lapsed just enough to render me lumped. Walking down a corridor without ducking, or needing to step over something, could not be taken for granted anymore. Remembering to do this right all the time took a little negative reinforcement.

      After entering the Atlantic, the ship started to bob in the waves. Once we left the shelter of the Beagle Channel, we had hundreds of miles of open ocean with no mountains around to shield us from the furious fifties, the name given by sailors to the winds between 50º and 60º south latitude. Above were the non-alliterative but soft-rhyming roaring forties, which weren’t as strong. We wouldn’t venture that far north. But to the south were the screaming sixties, the worst of all, on the way to Antarctica. A few hours later, Ron advised us that the water would become much rougher after midnight.

      The temperature fell as the afternoon progressed. I’m not sure how much of it was the lack of sleep or all the energy expended in the balancing act of trying to get from one place to the other as the ship teetered back and forth, but I dragged beyond exhaustion.

      I don’t remember anything from dinner except that it was the captain’s dinner,

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