Cover image for Fire into ice : Charles Fipke and the great diamond hunt / Vernon Frolick.
TITLE:
Fire into ice : Charles Fipke and the great diamond hunt / Vernon Frolick.
Publication Date:
1999
Publication Information:
Vancouver : Raincoast Books,
Physical Description:
354 p. : ill.
Summary:
The story of Charles Fipke, the mining exploration geologist who discovered the Ekati diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories. It follows Fipke through the world of mineral exploration, from the jungles of New Guinea to the savannahs of South Africa, from the Amazon rainforests to the Arctic tundra.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781551922324