Review "Unlike most business biographies, full of dry numbers and dryer writing, Fire Into Ice, is a genuine adventure novel, adroitly written and filled with dramatic tension and detail." -- Edmonton Sun True Story of Charles Fipke, the mining exploration geologist who discovered diamonds in Canada. Fire Into Ice follows Charles Fipke in his exotic travels through the fast-paced, cutthroat world of mineral exploration - from the jungles of New Guinea to the savannas of South Africa to the rain-forests of the Amazon to the Arctic tundra. This amazing true story culminates in Fipke's staking of the Etaki diamond claim in Canada's Northwest Territories. From the Back Cover True Story of Charles Fipke, the mining exploration geologist who discovered diamonds in Canada. Fire Into Ice follows Charles Fipke in his exotic travels through the fast-paced, cutthroat world of mineral exploration - from the jungles of New Guinea to the savannas of South Africa to the rain-forests of the Amazon to the Arctic tundra. This amazing true story culminates in Fipke's staking of the Etaki diamond claim in Canada's Northwest Territories. About the Author Vernon Frolick is a criminal prosecutor based in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley. He is the author of the bestselling book Descent into Madness.
