Across
Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition (Classic Reprint
Series)
by Knud Rasmussen, Terrence Cole, Knud Rassmussen
Paperback from Univ of Alaska Pr
Book Published: February, 1999
Arctic
Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson
by Jeri Ferris
Paperback from Carolrhoda Books
Book Published: April, 1990
Barren
Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic
by Kevin Krajick
Hardcover from W H Freeman & Co.
Book Published: October, 2001
Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright
Lunacy
by Fergus Fleming
Listed under The Age of Sail
Cherry:
A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
by Sara Wheeler
Hardcover from Random House
Book Published: 16 April, 2002
Disaster
at the Pole : The Crash of the Airship Italia
by Wilbur Cross
Hardcover from The Lyons Press
Book Published: August, 2000
A
Fabulous Kingdom: The Exploration of the Arctic
by Charles B. Officer, Jake Page
Hardcover from Oxford University Press
Book Published: March, 2001
Farthest
North (Modern Library (Paper))
by Fridtjof Nansen, Roland Huntford
Paperback from Modern Library
Book Published: September, 1999
Icebound:
The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole
by Loenard F. Guttridge, Leonard F. Guttridge
Paperback from Berkley Pub Group
Book Published: 04 December, 2001
Ice
Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
by Scott Cookman
By the mid-19th century, after decades of polar exploration, the fabled
Northwest Passage seemed within reach. In 1845 the British Admiralty assembled
the largest expedition yet, refitting two ships with steam engines and
placing the seasoned if somewhat lackluster Sir John Franklin in command
of the 128-man expedition. After sailing into Baffin Bay, they were never
heard from again.
Drawing on early accounts from relief expeditions as well as recent
archeological evidence, Scott Cookman reconstructs a chronicle of the expedition
in Ice Blink. Cookman, a journalist with articles in Field & Stream
and other magazines, excels when firmly grounded in the harrowing reality
of 19th-century Arctic exploration. When he speculates about what happened
to the Franklin expedition, however, he is on less solid ground and his
writing suffers.
Particularly overwrought is the promised "frightening new explanation"
for the expedition's demise. Cookman suggests that it was caused by the
"grotesque handiwork" of an "evil" man, Stephan Goldner, who had supplied
its canned foods. This is hardly new. As early as 1852, investigators determined
that the expedition's canned goods were probably inferior and canceled
provisioning contracts with Goldner. How a hundred men survived for nearly
three years despite lead poisoning and botulism remains a mystery. In the
end, as Cookman himself acknowledges, the expedition was ultimately doomed
by its reliance on untested technology such as the steam engine, armor
plating, and canned provisions. These criticisms aside, Ice Blink is an
interesting narrative of this enduring symbol of polar exploration and
disaster. --Pete Holloran - Amazon.com
(Hardcover -- February 2000)
The
Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue
of her Survivors
by Jennifer Niven
Hardcover from Hyperion
Book Published: November, 2000
In
the Land of White Death
by Valerian Albanov, David Roberts, Jon Krakauer
Paperback from Modern Library
Book Published: 17 October, 2000
The
Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster
by William Laird McKinlay, Mc Kinlay
Paperback from Griffin Trade Paperback
Book Published: 19 May, 1999
Lost
in the Arctic: Explorations on the Edge (Adrenaline Classics Series)
by Lawrence Millman
Paperback from Thunder's Mouth Press
Book Published: October, 2002
My
Attainment of the Pole
by Frederick Albert Cook, Robert M. Bryce
Paperback from Cooper Square Press
Book Published: April, 2001
Ninety
Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole
by Fergus Fleming
Hardcover from Grove Press
Book Published: October, 2002
The
Search for the North West Passage
by Ann Savours
(Hardcover -- October 1999)
Searching
for the Franklin Expedition: The Arctic Journal of Robert Randolph Carter
by Robert Randolph Carter, Joanne Young, Harold B. Gill
Hardcover from United States Naval Inst.
Book Published: June, 1998
Women
Explorers in Polar Regions: Louise Arner Boyd, Kate Marsden, Ida Pfeiffer,
Helen Thayer, Agnes Deans Cameron (Capstone Short Biographies)
by Margo McLoone, Margo McLoone-Basta
School & Library Binding from Capstone Press
Book Published: June, 1997
Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
by Leonard F. Guttridge
Hardcover from Putnam Pub Group
Book Published: January, 1900
Availability: Out of Print--Limited Availability
Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris
Expedition
by Richard Parry
Hardcover from Ballantine Books (Trd)
Book Published: 27 February, 2001
Availability: Out of Print--Limited Availability
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