Icebound: The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North PoleTrapped in the ice for two winters, the Jeannette eventually buckled under the crushing power of the pack and sank. Her crew escaped but was forced to haul eight tons of supplies and three boats over hundreds of miles of ice before reaching open water. A frigid, blizzard-churned sea claimed the men in one vessel. Those who reached land wandered across the vast wastelands of the Siberian tundra, some to safety, others to their deaths. |
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... Collins had expected to excel . During the expedition's fitting out , he had been entrusted with the purchase of all ... Collins's part for having failed to ensure , at the time of purchase in San Francisco , that the plates were ...
... Collins had expected to excel . During the expedition's fitting out , he had been entrusted with the purchase of all ... Collins's part for having failed to ensure , at the time of purchase in San Francisco , that the plates were ...
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... Collins's fear was that the moment he slackened his efforts in uncertainty or defeat Engineer George Melville or others would take over the job . A few of Collins's puns might have helped relieve the tension just then , but he was ...
... Collins's fear was that the moment he slackened his efforts in uncertainty or defeat Engineer George Melville or others would take over the job . A few of Collins's puns might have helped relieve the tension just then , but he was ...
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... Collins , also personal observations on problems of command , are in his farewell letters to Emma , reprinted in De ... Collins's humiliating inference from the " withdrawal of instruments " is in his letter to De Long , Congressional ...
... Collins , also personal observations on problems of command , are in his farewell letters to Emma , reprinted in De ... Collins's humiliating inference from the " withdrawal of instruments " is in his letter to De Long , Congressional ...
Contents
A Curious Departure I | 1 |
George and Emma ΙΟ | 10 |
The Petermann Factor | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Icebound: The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole Leonard Guttridge No preview available - 2006 |
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