The Ice Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
by Niven, Jennifer
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0786865296
- ISBN 13
- 9780786865291
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
The riveting story of the 1913 expedition of twenty-five people who sailed out of British Columbia in search of an undiscovered Arctic continent. But tragedy struck in January 1914 when an ice cap tore a hole in the vessel's hull, shipwrecking all on board. The castaways abandoned ship and suffered from battle starvation, snow blindness, exposure to the brutal winter, and each other. The Ice Master is an epic tale of true adventure that rivals the most dramatic fiction. Drawing on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, and even an interview with the one living survivor, Jennifer Niven re-creates with astonishing accuracy and immediacy the Karluk's ill-fated journey and her crew's desperate attempts to find a way home from the icy wastes of the Arctic.
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- Bookseller
- River Run Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6759
- Title
- The Ice Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
- Author
- Niven, Jennifer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0786865296
- ISBN 13
- 9780786865291
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 2000
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913 1918 REGIONS DISCOVERY EXPLORATION HISTORY POLAR 0-7868-6529-6 B4
- Bookseller catalogs
- B4;
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