This book alternates chapters between two different stories, both about Americans who travel to different palces in Africa at different times in history, but examining how the characters deal with the dangers around them in Africa. They are relatively independent but meet at the end. Each story w...
Beryl, a successful nature photographer, lands the job of photographing polar bears in the arctic from the vantage point of a small metal cage. The expedition is run by a major nature magazine, professional in every way, but not by any means safe. Beryl wins the job because she is small enough ...