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New York Times Bestsailing Writer Hampton Sids made a comeback with the story of Polar Exploration and Survival of the Guild Edge
In the late nineteenth century, people were suffering from the world’s last unmapped areas: North Pole. Nobody knew what the northern oceans had beyond the ice fort.
James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald’s eccentric and brilliant rich owner, recently Dr. The world was attracted by sending Stanley to Africa to find Livingstone. Now he was eager to rebuild that sensation on another more epic scale. So he funded an official US Navy campaign to reach the pole, choosing as captain, a young officer named George Washington de Long, who gained fame to protect against the coast of Greenland. D Long led a 32 -men team, deep in infallible Arctic water, burning the aspirations of a young country to become a world power. On July 8, 1879, the USS Gennet sent from San Francisco to shout the crowd in the grip of “Arctic Fever”.
The ship left in unwanted seas, but soon the pack got stuck in snow. Two years in a rigid journey, the hull was violated. Amidst screaming of breaking water crowds and wooden boards, the crew left the ship. After less than an hour, the gennet drowned downwards, and men found themselves a thousand miles in the north of Siberia. Thus their long march began across the endless snow – a frozen hell in the world’s lone corner. Facing everything from snow blindness and polar bears to cruel storms and frosty maze, the campaign was struggling with insanity and starvation as they became strict for existence.
Worthy of a thriller with twist and turn, is a mental story of valor and determination in the most unforgivable region on Earth in the kingdom of snow.
Customers say
Customers find this book to be a page-turner with a highly readable account of an Arctic exploration endeavor. The narrative is well-researched and detailed, and customers describe it as a compelling story of human endurance, with one review noting how it illustrates the toughness of American explorers. The pacing receives mixed reactions, with several customers noting it begins rather slow, while the emotional content is also mixed, with customers describing it as a harrowing tale with a horribly sad ending.
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