Ghosts of Cape Sabine : the harrowing true story of the Greely Expedition

Author(s)

• Guttridge, Leonard F.
• Lady Franklin Bay Expedition

Bibliographic Information

Ghosts of Cape Sabine : the harrowing true story of the Greely Expedition

Leonard F. Guttridge

Putnam, c2000

Note

Map of the North Pole and surrounding countries on endpapers

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-344) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The ill-fated 1881 effort to establish an American fort in the Arctic is chronicled in full detail, covering the terrible saga of starvation, mutiny, suicide, shipwreck, execution, and cannibalism that devoured nineteen of the original twenty-five explorers. 40,000 first printing.

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Details

• NCID: BA52283896
• ISBN:
  • 0399145893
• LCCN: 99038168
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 354 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G670 1881
  • DC21 : 919.804
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
  • LCSH : Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration