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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... Noros thought they could still hear their faint cheers . When Nindemann and Noros left De Long's party , seventy- five miles southeast across the delta at Zemovialach the whaleboat people were enjoying the benefits of an eleven days ...
... Noros thought they could still hear their faint cheers . When Nindemann and Noros left De Long's party , seventy- five miles southeast across the delta at Zemovialach the whaleboat people were enjoying the benefits of an eleven days ...
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... Noros's enlistment in Jackson's search implied that finding the papers was very important . " Harber will get there too late . " Lieutenant Giles Harber and Lieutenant William Schuetze , also under the secretary's orders , had arrived ...
... Noros's enlistment in Jackson's search implied that finding the papers was very important . " Harber will get there too late . " Lieutenant Giles Harber and Lieutenant William Schuetze , also under the secretary's orders , had arrived ...
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... Noros assisting and the dog - drivers too terrified to lift a finger , Jackson took down the cross , opened the tomb , and removed the bodies . Larsen sketched . Writing to his publisher Jackson was to deny charges of ghoulish ...
... Noros assisting and the dog - drivers too terrified to lift a finger , Jackson took down the cross , opened the tomb , and removed the bodies . Larsen sketched . Writing to his publisher Jackson was to deny charges of ghoulish ...
Contents
A Curious Departure I | 1 |
George and Emma ΙΟ | 10 |
The Petermann Factor | 24 |
Copyright | |
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