
Hell on Ice
The Saga of the Jeannette
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Hoye
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By:
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Edward Ellsberg
The thrilling adventure of one crew's harrowing journey back from the Earth's most foreboding frozen hell
In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett's idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in addition to a smattering of civilians with specialized knowledge in meteorology, whaling, and naturalism. The men on board the Jeannette set off in September of 1879. This would be the last time anyone saw them for two years.
The product of devoted research into personal histories, memoirs, and classified congressional investigation records, Hell on Ice is a remarkable document: a novelization of history, turning the horrible ordeal of the brave men of the Jeannette into a riveting narrative. Written with a weathered seaman's familiarity, the story brilliantly captures a most perilous voyage from the perspective of the ship's chief engineer. The men of the Jeannette endure months trapped in an Arctic ice pack, and then begin a desperate trek for home.
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If you read it in the winter, be sure to dress warmly. A blanket would help.
Great Historical Novel of Actual Trek into Unknown
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Hell on Ice is awesome
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A brutal tale of survival and struggle
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These men truly suffered Hell!
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