The doomed 1913 voyage of the ship is vividly reconstructed in this gripping account: a celebrated Arctic expedition, carrying scientists and adventurers, becomes trapped in ice weeks after setting sail. The vessel drifts helplessly, is crushed and sinks, and those aboardnow castaways in the extreme wildernessbattle starvation, snow blindness, brutal cold and internal tensions. Their survival depends on courage, ingenuity and the captains harrowing trek across the ice to seek help
Dimensions:
24 x 16 x 4 cm
Format:
Hardcover with dust jacket