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pndmnmonSep 9, 2014

Absolutely agreed. There's another (non-fiction & not about Franklin, but excellent Arctic survival from the age of exploration) book that just came out by Hampton Sides called "In The Kingdom of Ice", which is really excellent. NYT review: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/in-the-kingdo...

wycxonSep 14, 2016

I suggest In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides. More bad luck for Arctic explorers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice

Also, The Man Who Ate His Boots which covers some of Franklin's earlier overland exploration.
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Ate-His-Boots/dp/0307276562

magerleaguesonNov 12, 2018

I know we're talking about Antarctica, but this story reminded me of the incredible book from Hampton Sides called, "In The Kingdom of Ice" (https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Ice-Terrible-Voyage-Jeannette...).

It takes in the 1880s, when the general population believed that the North Pole was an open polar sea. The book tells the story of the USS Jeannette, which tries to sail up there.

More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Expedition

wycxonNov 24, 2015

In addition, I suggest "In the Kingdom of Ice" by Hampton Sides, about a US expedition to the Arctic in the late 1870s. Those guys had really, really bad luck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Kingdom_of_Ice

I just finished and recommend Anthony Brandt's "The Man Who Ate His Boots" which is good summary of Northwest Passage expeditions up to Franklin and the subsequent searches for Franklin.

planteenonOct 8, 2016

The Jeannete expedition of 1878 was the last expecting an open polar sea, at least according to Hampton Sides's book In the Kingdom of Ice. The expedition's captain met with world-renowned cartographer and open polar sea advocate August Petermann before leaving. While they were en route, it was discovered that the Kuroshio current was nowhere near as strong as anticipated.