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PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-101250782066
ISBN-139781250782069
eBay Product ID (ePID)24050376515
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Book TitleLabyrinth of Ice : the Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMaritime History & Piracy, Expeditions & Discoveries
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorBuddy Levy
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width7.7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Table Of ContentCONTENTS The Crew of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Prologue 1. The Lady Franklin Bay Expeditionary Force 2. Fort Conger 3. Preparing for Darkness 4. The Long Night 5. Farthest North 6. The Neptune 7. Winter of Discontent 8. "I Am Not a Lady Franklin" 9. Farthest West 10. The Proteus and the Yantic 11. Vigil 12. Nipped 13. Farewell to Fort Conger 14. A Game of Cat and Mouse 15. Adrift 16. Forsaken 17. An "Irrepressible Little Band" of Men 18. Labyrinth of Ice 19. Eskimo Point 20. Camp Clay 21. Henrietta's Powers of Persuasion 22. Darkness Descends 23. "Son of a Gun" 24. A Four-Man Relief Board 25. "This Ghostly Procession of Emaciated Men" 26. Henrietta's "Bounty Plan" and a Gift from the Queen 27. The End of the Longest Night 28. Relief Preparations 29. Triumph and Tragedy 30. A Flotilla of Rescue Ships 31. "To Strive, to Endure, to Live" 32. From the Crow's Nest 33. A Race against Whalers and Time 34. "Did What I Came to Do" 35. "Preserve Tenderly the Remains of the Heroic Dead" 36. "Home Again, Home Again" 37. "No Law, Human or Divine" 38. "A Blue-Ribboned, Star-Shaped Medal" Epilogue: Weyprecht's Dream Acknowledgments Author's Note on the Text and Sources Bibliography Index
SynopsisNational Outdoor Book Awards Winner Winner of the BANFF Adventure Travel Award " A thrilling and harrowing story. If it's a cliche to say I couldn't put this book down, well, too bad: I couldn't put this book down. " --Jess Walter, bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins "Polar exploration is utter madness. It is the insistence of life where life shouldn't exist. And so, Labyrinth of Ice shows you exactly what happens when the unstoppable meets the unmovable. Buddy Levy outdoes himself here. The details and story are magnificent." -- Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge--vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness--as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship scheduled to return at the end of the year. Only nothing came. 250 miles south, a wall of ice prevented any rescue from reaching them. Provisions thinned and a second winter descended. Back home, Greely's wife worked tirelessly against government resistance to rally a rescue mission. Months passed, and Greely made a drastic choice: he and his men loaded the remaining provisions and tools onto their five small boats, and pushed off into the treacherous waters. After just two weeks, dangerous floes surrounded them. Now new dangers awaited: insanity, threats of mutiny, and cannibalism. As food dwindled and the men weakened, Greely's expedition clung desperately to life. Labyrinth of Ice tells the true story of the heroic lives and deaths of these voyagers hell-bent on fame and fortune--at any cost--and how their journey changed the world.
