ABOUT THIS BOOK

As an awkward gay kid—bullied, bored, and eventually ejected from the Mormon Church—Andrew Evans escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin chronicles his journey riding public transportation toward his ultimate goal: Antarctica. Part memoir, part travel tale, and part love story, with each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendships, true weirdness, and hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Andrew Evans has completed more than forty assignments for National Geographic, reporting from all seven continents. He is the author of the Bradt travel guides Iceland and Ukraine and lives in Washington, DC.

REVIEWS

"The exterior and interior landscapes are meticulously described, moving, and often totally unexpected. Compulsive reading." —Tim Cahill, author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg

"A traveler of boundless curiosity and compassion, Evans spins a globe-trotting tale of daring and discovery. His expedition proves that our inner and outward journeys can take us everywhere we need to go, from happiness at home to elation at the ends of the Earth." —George W. Stone, editor in chief, National Geographic Traveler

"I swear on a stack of National Geographic magazines that few writers possess a passion for travel and life matched by their storytelling talents. I love Andrew Evans's winning combination of both." —Patricia Schultz author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
1 Cold Pitch
2 Sandy Cay
3 Sixteenth and M
4 Ohio
5 Virginia
6 Two Letters
7 Atlanta
8 Ethel, Doris, and Mabel
9 Dixie
10 Light Blue
11 Going Home
12 The Shape of the Earth
13 Telmex
14 Hannah
15 Utah
16 Chicken Bus
17 A Place without Guns
18 England
19 Milkman
20 Panama
21 Through the Plexiglass
22 Death in Colombia
23 Close Call
24 Court of Love
25 Middle Earth
26 Bananas
27 Medzhybizh
28 A Thousand Miles of Sand
29 The Laws of Physics
30 Rainy Season
31 Argentina
32 Marching as to War
33 The End of the World
34 Pionero
35 The Drake
36 Antarctica
37 The Black Penguin
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Transportation from Washington, DC, to Antarctica

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