Fire into ice: Charles Fipke and the great diamond hunt

By Vernon Frolick

The amazing true life story of Chuck Fipke, the mining exploration geologist responsible for discovering the vast new diamond fields in Canada's North, reads like spell-binding adventure fiction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551922320
• ISBN13: 9781551922324
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Raincoast Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Talk about a real Indiana Jones

Have you seen the Indiana Jones trilogy? Well, Chuck Fipke is that man. In fact, if Hollywood had made a film about Mr. Fipke, people would have discounted the events as "impossible, incredulous, non-believable"! I've only read a few chapters at this point and cannot put the book down. Simply an extremely exciting book. I want to buy a couple books for friends.

three books in one

Fire Into Ice is three books in one, principally it is a stimulating insight into the mind of an exploration geologist/explorer; however, it is also an introduction to anthropology and the stresses and strains of marriage. An excellent read, but you should keep an Atlas close at hand.

A very well done book

This book is an exciting story about a modern-day adventurer.This book follows Chuck Fipke all around the world and ends up in the Arctic.I could not put this book down.

Outstanding Book

Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond Hunt is a hard book to put down. Fipke's determination and ability to see beyond conventional wisdom should be a great inspiration to all readers.

A Sensational Book! A Great Read!

A True Story that reads like an action adventure novel