Wind, Gravel and Ice: Memoir of my Opa as a Canadian Soldier in Iceland during the Second World War Antunes Author: Christine Karron

Author: Christine Karron

Publisher: Laurus Books

an untamed wilderness where the sun never sets

along with 1 day of practice after each lesson

a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men

Wind, Gravel and Ice: Memoir of my Opa as a Canadian Soldier in Iceland during the Second World War Antunes Author: Christine KarronWhen Christina discovers her Grandfather's diary years after his death, she is surprised to learn he had been stationed in Iceland as a young Canadian soldier in the early days of the Second World War. Intrigued, she sets out on a decade long journey to unravel his story and fill in a little known piece of the Canadian war story. From the official records in the National Archives in Ottawa to the windswept plains of Iceland, Christina follows the