In The Kingdom Of Ice: Grand And Terrible Polar Voyage Uss Jeannette Hampton Sides Oneworld Publications Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

The Age Of Exploration Was Drawing To A Close Yet Mystery North Pole Remained Contemporaries Described As ‘Unattainable Object Our Dreams’ And Urge Fill In This Last Great Blank Space On Map Grew Irresistible 1879 Uss Jeannette Set Sail From San Francisco Cheering Crowds Amid Frenzy Publicity Ship Its Crew Captained By Heroic George De Long Were Destined For Uncharted Waters Arctic But It Wasn’t Before Trapped Crushing Pack Ice Rush Water Shrieks Breaking Wooden Boards Found Themselves Marooned Thousand Miles Siberia With Only Barest Supplies Facing Seemingly Impossible Trek Across Endless Battling Everything Snow Blindness Polar Bears Ferocious Storms Frosty Labyrinths Expedition Fought Madness Starvation They Desperately Strove Survival Σελίδες: 480 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm