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The Ice Master The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk

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Genre:History
Language: English
Paperback
ISBN13:9780330391238
ISBN10:0330391232
Pages:456
Dimensions:5.12 x 7.76 x 1.02 inches
Weight:294.83 g
Published: January 01, 2001
Edition:8

About the Book

It was to be the grandest and most elaborate Artic expedition in history. In fact, it was to be the most comprehensive scientific attack on the Arctic of all time, with the largest scientific staff ever taken on such an expedition.

The Ice Master is an epic tale of adventure, with a cast of characters as rich as any novel. Drawing on previously unpublished letters, and journals, of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted. It is a story about unlikely heroes and unexpected villains - humans reduced to their primal needs by the infinite power and mystery of nature...