In the Shadow of the Pole: An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912

With no options left, Shackleton and a skeleton crew attempted a near-impossible journey over miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. Their survival, and the survival of the men they left behind, depended on their small lifeboat successfully finding the island of South Georgia--a tiny dot of land in a vast and hostile ocean.

In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age. An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth. From the Hardcover edition. In the Kingdom of Ice: No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world.

National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores. Now he was keen to re-create that sensation on an even more epic scale. So he funded an official U. De Long led a team of 32 men deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to become a world power. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.

Thus began their long march across the endless ice—a frozen hell in the most lonesome corner of the world. Facing everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and frosty labyrinths, the expedition battled madness and starvation as they desperately strove for survival. Ebook edition includes over a dozen extra images.

This book delves into the story of the remarkable Canadian men who led these expeditions. Paperback , pages.

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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 23, David James rated it it was amazing. An exceptionally well written account of a period in Arctic exploration history that generally gets overlooked. At a time when Amundsen was crossing the Northwest Passage and Peary and Cook were racing to the Pole, Canadian explorers were engaged in the more mundane tasks of mapping the Arctic Archipelago and establishing their nation's sovereignty over the northern islands.

These are the tales of highly competent men and one woman who trekked north and accomplished much for their country with An exceptionally well written account of a period in Arctic exploration history that generally gets overlooked. These are the tales of highly competent men and one woman who trekked north and accomplished much for their country with remarkably little loss of life or injury.

Osborne is a wonderful storyteller who has researched this history well, and she brings the characters and the world they explored vividly to life. For Arctic history freaks who have scoured numerous volumes on Franklin, Ross, Amundsen, and other famed voyagers and are looking for something new, this book offers an entirely different piece of the story.

Kudos to Osborne for her fine work. Aug 14, Robert Davidson rated it it was amazing.

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