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Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 9780771066269
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (662 download)
Download or read book Ordeal by Ice written by Farley Mowat and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1973 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of man's attempts to conquer the Northwest Passage from 325 B.C. to 1954.
Author : Richard Parry
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307492125
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Trial by Ice written by Richard Parry and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary real-life adventure of men battling the elements and themselves, told with ice-cold precision.” –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the dark years following the Civil War, America’s foremost Arctic explorer, Charles Francis Hall, became a figure of national pride when he embarked on a harrowing, landmark expedition. With financial backing from Congress and the personal support of President Grant, Captain Hall and his crew boarded the Polaris, a steam schooner carefully refitted for its rigorous journey, and began their quest to be the first men to reach the North Pole. Neither the ship nor its captain would ever return. What transpired was a tragic death and whispers of murder, as well as a horrifying ordeal through the heart of an Arctic winter, when men fought starvation, madness, and each other upon the ever-shifting ice. Trial by Ice is an incredible adventure that pits men against the natural elements and their own fragile human nature. In this powerful true story of death and survival, courage and intrigue aboard a doomed ship, Richard Parry chronicles one of the most astonishing, little known tragedies at sea in American history. “ABSORBING . . . Suspense builds as Parry describes the events leading up to Hall’s ‘murder,’ then climaxes in horrifying detail.” –Publishers Weekly “RIVETING.” –Library Journal
Author : Rorke Bryan
Publisher : Collins Press
ISBN 13 : 9781473816992
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Ordeal by Ice written by Rorke Bryan and published by Collins Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrounded by hazardous seas and pitiless ice, Antarctica was first sighted by Europeans less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged around that continent, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs and disease. This comprehensive and richly illustrated book tells the story of these ships and the expeditions they supported, from the fifteenth-century fleets of the Ming Emperors of China to today's tourist ships and powerful icebrakers. From extensive research, the author draws all these stories into one comprehensive record. Familiar names such as Terra Nova and Endurance feature with unfamiliar but equally important ships, while tales of heroic seamanship, like Captain John Briscoe's extraordinary 1830-32 circumnavigation in the tiny Tula, or Shackleton's voyage in the James Caird, illustrate the horrendous conditions that sailors and explorers faced. Plans, photos, paintings and maps enhance a highly authoritative and readable text that will appeal to polar historians, adventurers, armchair travellers, ship enthusiasts and visitors to Antarctica. It will fill an important gap in polar literature and is destined to become the reference book on the ships of the Antarctic as well as a superb and concise history of Antarctic exploration.
Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780771065590
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Ordeal by Ice written by Farley Mowat and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordeal by Iceis the thrilling account of the great Northern explorers: men who struggled, starved, and finally conquered the capricious forces of the bitter Northern winter in a centuries-long search for the Northwest Passage. The stories, compiled by award-winning author Farley Mowat and presented in gripping, firsthand narratives, capture both the stark drama of the struggle for survival and the breathtaking panorama of virgin Arctic lands.
Author : Sherry Shahan
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 030792954X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Ice Island written by Sherry Shahan and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What begins as a training run with sled dogs turns into a race against time for Tatum and her new friend, a Siberian Yupik boy named Cole. When a freak blizzard hits this remote island off the coast of Alaska, the duo seeks shelter overnight in a dilapidated hunting cabin. Their harrowing ordeal goes from bad to worse when wind-driven snow forces them to risk an alternate route. Stranded in the untamed wilderness, they must rely on each other—as well as their faithful huskies—to survive sub-zero temperatures and bone-numbing exhaustion. Worse still, their food supply is dangerously low. The most daunting decision comes when the strongest dog runs away. One person must go for help, while one must stay behind. Either way, they'll both be alone in the wild for an uncertain amount of time.
Author : Lucille Recht Penner
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385382871
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Ice Wreck written by Lucille Recht Penner and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shackleton’s Antarctic journey took courage and perseverance. Now his story is told in a full-color early chapter book! In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out for the South Pole. They never made it. Within sight of land, the ship ran into dangerous waters filled with chunks of ice. Then the sea froze around them! There was no hope of rescue. Could Shackleton find a way to save himself and his men?
Author : Becca Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442474270
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Black Ice written by Becca Fitzpatrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britt goes hiking in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend Calvin, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, finds evidence of murders, and learns whom to trust and whom to love.
Author : Hampton Sides
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307946916
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book In the Kingdom of Ice written by Hampton Sides and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.
Author : Tristan Jones
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497603579
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Ice! written by Tristan Jones and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Incredible Voyage sets out on a “simply tremendous” and death-defying adventure sailing through the Arctic Ocean (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Retiring on a pension after being torpedoed in WWII, Tristan Jones embarks on a test of endurance that will last over two years, nearly killing him more than once. Attempting to sail farther North than anyone ever has, he embarks from Iceland on the Cresswell in the summer of 1959. His only companion? A three-legged, one-eyed Labrador named Nelson. He spends his first winter holed up near an Eskimo village in a Greenland fjord. After a violent snowstorm and without an adequate supply of food, he spends a full week digging himself out of enormous snow drifts until he is able to be seen and rescued. This incident kicks off a series of impossible adventures as he voyages to the treacherous waters of the North Pole. His second winter at sea finds him trapped in an enormous ice pack in the Arctic Ocean. For 366 days he is marooned on the craft. As he faces his loneliness and the possibility of his own death under the dazzling Northern lights, Tristan Jones's incomparable sailing adventure reaches an unimaginable climax. ICE! is a classic tale of adventure, its author acclaimed by Time magazine as "someone Lindbergh would have understood".
Author : Mitchell Zuckoff
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062133411
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)
Download or read book Frozen in Time written by Mitchell Zuckoff and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on board survived, and the US military launched a daring rescue operation. But after picking up one man, the Grumman Duck amphibious plane flew into a severe storm and vanished. Frozen in Time tells the story of these crashes and the fate of the survivors, bringing vividly to life their battle to endure 148 days of the brutal Arctic winter, until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen brought them to safety. Mitchell Zuckoff takes the reader deep into the most hostile environment on earth, through hurricane-force winds, vicious blizzards, and subzero temperatures. Moving forward to today, he recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc.—led by indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza—who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck’s last flight and recover the remains of its crew. A breathtaking blend of mystery and adventure Mitchell Zuckoff's Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and a tribute to the everyday heroism of the US Coast Guard.
Author : Ejnar Mikkelsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781586420574
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Two Against the Ice written by Ejnar Mikkelsen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic tale of survival by an important figure in the history of Arctic exploration, this is the autobiography of a man who devoted his life to the Arctic. A veteran explorer, in 1910 he embarked upon an expedition with his friend Iver Iversen, in search of the diaries of the tragic Mylius and Erichsen expedition. For three years they suffered every calamity known to man, including starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, bear attacks and apocalyptic storms, with no hope of rescue. Yet they retained their sanity and humour by refusing to become as desolate as their surroundings.
Author : Barbara Kent Lawrence
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 : 9780688162153
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (621 download)
Download or read book Bitter Ice written by Barbara Kent Lawrence and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate, revealing, and refreshingly frank, Bitter Ice tells of a wife's search for independence and self while living in the shadow of her husband's battle with anorexia.
Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780771066832
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Top of the World Trilogy written by Farley Mowat and published by McClelland & Stewart Limited. This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Brill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780792269359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (693 download)
Download or read book Desire & Ice written by David Brill and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when an ordinary person undertakes an extraordinary experience? He winds up atop North America's highest peak--Denali (Mt. McKinley), where his unlikely triumph sparks some surprising insights into his struggles at sea level. 21 full-color photos. "National Geographic Traveler" magazine two-part feature.
Author : Stefansson Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Stefansson Collection on the Polar Regions in the Dartmouth College Library written by Stefansson Collection and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Black
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Nansen and the Frozen North written by John Black and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Arctic exploration and biography of Fridthof Nansen.
Author : Felicity Aston
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1623545536
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)
Download or read book Polar Exposure written by Felicity Aston and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring account of a diverse all-women’s expedition to the North Pole reveals the highs and lows of record-breaking, modern-day exploration. “A wonderful collaboration both on the Arctic ice and onto the page. Each team members voice arises to offer a view beyond the physical giving us the essence of a unique adventure.” Ann Bancroft, first woman to reach the North Pole and coauthor of No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Historic Journey across Antarctica When British Explorer Felicity Aston put out an open call for women with little to no experience willing to brave the elements on an expedition to the North Pole, she was stunned to have over 1000 applicants. After narrowing it down to ten women from ten different countries—some of whom had never seen snow before—the team spent the next two years training for this unique opportunity. Each member of the team tells part of the story in her own words, chronicling their grueling preparation in Iceland and Oman, the anticipation for the journey, and the terrifying conditions of the Arctic. Set against a backdrop of Arctic pack ice that is thinner, newer, and less stable than ever before due to climate change—the team face the realities of hungry polar bears, extreme temperatures, and the possibility that anything and everything could go wrong at any moment. Aston beautifully weaves each woman’s account into the greater expedition narrative, reminding readers of the teamwork needed to complete such a feat. Over 60 stunning photographs illustrate the journey, illuminating the breathtaking landscape along with the joy, pain, and determination of these ten women. Polar Exposure is a powerful celebration of the perseverance of women in science, sports, and exploration that sheds light on all that it takes to reach the top of the world.
