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NIVEN, JENNIFER - The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors

 1550128987,
New York: Hyperion, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0786865296. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 402 pages; "In 1913 an expedition party sailed out of British Columbia in search of an undiscovered Arctic continent. Filled with hope and excitement, the twenty-five people on board had no hint of the tragedy that lay ahead. Imprisoned in ice, abandoned by their expedition leader, and blown off course by polar storms, the Karluks crew was eventually forced to abandon ship on the ice-pack somewhere in the remote, treacherous Arctic. While the captain set off on foot on a 700-mile trek to search for help, the castaways left behind had no choice but to wait, and to struggle against hypothermia, snowblindness, and death from mysterious disease, starvation, or exposure to the brutal Arctic winter. Finally, after being stranded for nearly twelve months at the top of the world, eight men, one woman, and two children were rescued.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
USD 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13.25 | JP¥ 2568] Book number 21421

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