TITLE:
In the kingdom of ice : the grand and terrible polar voyage of the USS Jeannette / Hampton Sides.
By:
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday,
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xiii, 454 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-451).
Summary:
New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded...
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385535373
