Journey to the Arctic The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole

Name: Journey to the Arctic The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole
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ISBN: 9781620875797

ISBN-10: 1620875799

ISBN-13: 9781620875797

Edition: N/A

Authors: Euphemia Vale Blake, Peter Stark

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“While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold… I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices, as but few civilized persons have ever been called to endure.”In June of 1871, navigator George E. Tyson and the Polaris sailed forth from New York to pursue an American dream—to be the first expedition to explore the icy waters of the North Pole. Led by Captain Hall, veteran Arctic explorer, and funded with a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Congress, it seemed the Polaris would not fail. But the voyage was doomed from the start: impassable ice-floes, a crew that couldn’t get…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English