In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307946916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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. HAMPTON SIDES is an award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories Hellhound on his Trail, Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers
Ripping yarn, moving tale You can read the synopsis up top, so I won't bore you with that. I will, however, recommend that you read this. If you are here, I will assume you have an interest in either the author's work or, more likely, the history of polar exploration. I have not previously read any of Side's other books, but . Reader from Washington, DC said Spellbinding Account of Disastrous Polar Expedition. I could not put this book down.This is a detailed historical account of a tragic polar expedition that reads like a psychological thriller novel. Adding to the novelistic flavor are poignant quotes from the journals and letters of the expedition's men and stories about their loved ones waiting for th. Wayne A. Smith said Riveting and Astounding. Hampton Sides has written another good true-story in this account of the single voyage of the arctic explorer the USS Jeannette.It was a different time - when large personalities could steer national agendas and governments from the outside and where the "certainty" of science could commit resources,
Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, theship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madn
How could a book about this much snow and ice be this good? --Chris Schluep. The Jeannette became encased in ice, but the adventure was only just beginning. Drawing on journal entries, letters, and eventually his own visit to the region, Sides paints a vivid, moving, and breathless portrait of the crew of the Jeannette. Captained by George Washington De Long, the U.S.S. An Best Book of the Month, August 2014: In the last few decades of the 19th century, the world looked very different from the way it does now. Bennett--who was responsible fo