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Arctic Experiences: Aboard the Doomed Polaris Expedition and Six Months Adrift on an Ice-Floe
Country: United States of AmericaFormat: Hardcover
Contributor: Edward E. LesliePublisher: Cooper Square PublishersISBN: 9780815411895
Publication date: January 2002
Length: 235mm
Width: 160mm
Thickness: 34mm
Weight: 771g
Pages: 504
Illustrations: Illustrated
Readership: General
Arctic Experiences: Aboard the Doomed Polaris Expedition and Six Months Adrift on an Ice-Floe
A compelling account of the ill-fated 1871 American expedition to the North Pole recalls the extraordinary story of survival and endurance in the face of the most extreme conditions of weather and starvation. Unavailable for nearly a century, Arctic Experiences is the fierce, harrowing chronicle of Capt. George Tyson's incredible feat of endurance and survival following a shipwreck in the Arctic Sea.
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