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In addition, I suggest "In the Kingdom of Ice" by Hampton Sides, about a US expedition to the Arctic in the late 1870s. Those guys had really, really bad luck.
by wycx 11y ago
In addition, I suggest "In the Kingdom of Ice" by Hampton Sides, about a US expedition to the Arctic in the late 1870s. Those guys had really, really bad luck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice
I just finished and recommend Anthony Brandt's "The Man Who Ate His Boots" which is good summary of Northwest Passage expeditions up to Franklin and the subsequent searches for Franklin.
- arethuza 11y agoFergus Fleming's "Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy" is a highly entertaining account of some of the crazier 19th century British expeditions. NB One of the members of the Franklin expedition is buried not far from where I live in Edinburgh. Edit: http://edinburghwalks.com/2014/11/30/heroism-cannibalism-and-the-north-west-passage/ http://edinburghwalks.com/2014/11/30/heroism-cannibalism-and...