Read A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier

A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier

David Welky

4.9/5 (22968 ratings)

Description:In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm “Crocker Land.” Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.Several years later, two of Peary’s disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. Before them lay a chance at the kind of lasting fame enjoyed by Magellan, Columbus, and Captain Cook. While filling in the last blank space on the globe, they might find new species of plants or animals, or even men; in the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, anything seemed possible. Renowned scientific institutions, and even former president Theodore Roosevelt, rushed to endorse the expedition.What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers could have imagined. Trapped in a true-life adventure story, the men endured howling blizzards, unearthly cold, food shortages, isolation, a fatal boating accident, a drunken sea captain, disease, dissension, and a horrific crime. But the team pushed on through every obstacle, driven forward by the mystery of Crocker Land and faint hopes that they someday would make it home.Populated with a cast of memorable characters, and based on years of research in previously untapped sources, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is a harrowing Arctic narrative unlike any other.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier. To get started finding A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0393254410

Description: In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm “Crocker Land.” Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.Several years later, two of Peary’s disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. Before them lay a chance at the kind of lasting fame enjoyed by Magellan, Columbus, and Captain Cook. While filling in the last blank space on the globe, they might find new species of plants or animals, or even men; in the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, anything seemed possible. Renowned scientific institutions, and even former president Theodore Roosevelt, rushed to endorse the expedition.What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers could have imagined. Trapped in a true-life adventure story, the men endured howling blizzards, unearthly cold, food shortages, isolation, a fatal boating accident, a drunken sea captain, disease, dissension, and a horrific crime. But the team pushed on through every obstacle, driven forward by the mystery of Crocker Land and faint hopes that they someday would make it home.Populated with a cast of memorable characters, and based on years of research in previously untapped sources, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is a harrowing Arctic narrative unlike any other.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier. To get started finding A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier

A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier

More Books

By David Welky Marching Across the Color Line: A. Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era (Critica (1st First Edition) [Paperback]

By David Welky Marching Across the Color Line: A. Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era (Critica (1st First Edition) [Paperback]

The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937

The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937

A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier [11/1/2016] David Welky

A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier [11/1/2016] David Welky

The Moguls and the Dictators: Hollywood and the Coming of World War II

The Moguls and the Dictators: Hollywood and the Coming of World War II

Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression (The History of Media and Communication)

Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression (The History of Media and Communication)

Marching Across the Color Line: A. Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era (Critical Historical Encounters Series)

Marching Across the Color Line: A. Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era (Critical Historical Encounters Series)

America Between the Wars, 1919-1941: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History)

America Between the Wars, 1919-1941: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History)

Marching Across The Color Line : A Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era

Marching Across The Color Line : A Philip Randolph and Civil Rights in the World War II Era

Hollywood's America: Understanding History Through Film

Hollywood's America: Understanding History Through Film