In the kingdom of ice
by Hampton Sides, Arthur Morey, Miguel Marqus · first published 2014
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A dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Peterman, New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.
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In addition, I suggest "In the Kingdom of Ice" by Hampton Sides, about a US expedition to the Arctic in the late 1870s. Those guys had really, really bad luck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice I just finished and recommend Anthony…
on “Stark images of Shackleton's struggle” ↗Absolutely agreed. There's another (non-fiction & not about Franklin, but excellent Arctic survival from the age of exploration) book that just came out by Hampton Sides called "In The Kingdom of Ice", which is really excellent. NYT review: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/in-the-kingdo...
on “Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic” ↗I suggest In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides. More bad luck for Arctic explorers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice Also, The Man Who Ate His Boots which covers some of Franklin's earlier overland exploration. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Ate-His-Boots/dp/0307276562
on “Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt” ↗I know we're talking about Antarctica, but this story reminded me of the incredible book from Hampton Sides called, "In The Kingdom of Ice" (https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Ice-Terrible-Voyage-Jeannette...). It takes in the 1880s, when the general population believed that the North Pole was an open polar sea. The book tells the story of…
on “Two men are trying to become the first person to cross Antarctica alone” ↗The Jeannete expedition of 1878 was the last expecting an open polar sea, at least according to Hampton Sides's book In the Kingdom of Ice. The expedition's captain met with world-renowned cartographer and open polar sea advocate August Petermann before leaving. While they were en route, it was discovered that the Kuroshio current was nowhere…
on “Billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix, funding scientists to break us out” ↗