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Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
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Plot Summary of Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
"In the 1990's journalist Tim Moore set out to retrace the 1856 journey of British Lord Dufferin to the Arctic regions. As opposed to Dufferin's adventure, Moore's journey was decidedly unromantic. He crossed the Atlantic to Iceland by freighter and was plagued by seasickness, crossed Iceland by mountain bike in the company of his much-fitter brother-in-law, visited Norway and flew to Spitsbergen, and managed to find humour in all his misadventures."
Jóhanna, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
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Plot
job/profession: - explorer
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
Europe Yes
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Island? Yes
Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island
Small town? Yes
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - very happy
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical - gentle
Commentary on society? Yes
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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