In the Kingdom of Ice - The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the Uss Jeannette

A harrowing tale of courage and sacrifice at the limits of human endurance
'A stirring story... a brilliant exposition of narrative non-fiction: moving, harrowing, as gripping as any well-paced thriller.' The Times
The age of exploration was drawing to a close, yet the mystery of the North Pole remained. Contemporaries described the pole as the 'unattainable object of our dreams', and the urge to fill in this last great blank space on the map grew irresistible. In 1879 the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds and amid a frenzy of publicity. The ship and its crew, captained by the heroic George De Long, were destined for the uncharted waters of the Arctic.
But it wasn't long before the Jeannette was trapped in crushing pack ice. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew found themselves marooned a thousand miles north of Siberia with only the barest supplies, facing a seemingly impossible trek across endless ice. Battling everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and frosty labyrinths, the expedition fought madness and starvation as they desperately strove for survival.

About the author

Hampton Sides, geboren 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, schreibt regelmäßig Beiträge für das Abenteurermagazin "Outside" sowie für verschiedene Tageszeitungen, Zeitschriften und Magazine, etwa "The New York Times Magazine", "The New Republic" und "The Washington Post". Mit seiner Frau und drei Söhnen lebt er in Santa Fe, New Mexico.§

Summary

A harrowing tale of courage and sacrifice at the limits of human endurance

Report

Tells the extraordinary story of this little known expedition in Hampton Sides well-honed style meticulous research shoring up a fast-paced narrative .
Financial Times

Product details

• Authors: Hampton Sides, Sides Hampton
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2015
• EAN: 9781780747453
• ISBN: 978-1-78074-745-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery & exploration, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Geographical discovery and exploration, Arctic regions, Arctic Ocean, Biography: adventurers and explorers, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General