Hell on Ice

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480493667

<DIV><B>Based on a true story: the thrilling tale of a ship&rsquo;s 1879 journey to explore the North Pole&mdash;and the crew&rsquo;s desperate attempt to escape an Arctic ice pack.</B><BR /><BR /> In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the <I>New York Herald</I> drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett&rsquo;s idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in addition to a smattering of civilians with specialized knowledge in meteorology, whaling, and naturalism. The men on board the <I>Jeannette</I> set off in September of 1879. This would be the last time anyone saw them for two years.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> The product of devoted research into personal histories, memoirs, and classified congressional investigation records, <I>Hell on Ice</I> is a remarkable document: a novelization of history, turning the horrible ordeal of the brave men of the <I>Jeannette </I>into a riveting narrative. Written with a weathered seaman&rsquo;s familiarity, the story brilliantly captures a most perilous voyage from the perspective of the ship&rsquo;s chief engineer. The men of the <I>Jeannette</I> endure months trapped in an Arctic ice pack, and then begin a desperate trek for home.</DIV>