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Cover of Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

✍ Scribed by Richard Parry


Publisher
Ballantine Books;Random House Publishing Group
Year
2002;2009
Tongue
English
Weight
358 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


EDITORIAL REVIEW:

**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, Americas 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 Halls murder, then climaxes in horrifying detail.*Publishers Weekly*RIVETING.*Library Journal***


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