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A Wretched and Precarious Situation
- In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
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A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2016.
A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places.
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 HG 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.
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Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
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Fascinating survey of the intrepid polar explorers
- De Nick Blaha en 08-24-24
De: Michael Palin
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Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
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Great book - missing maps :(
- De Stephen en 01-20-21
De: Andrea Pitzer
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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Labyrinth of Ice
- The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In July 1881, Lt. A. W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge - vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness - as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship. Only nothing came.
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An incredible read
- De Lauren Olson en 12-06-19
De: Buddy Levy
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The Man Who Ate His Boots
- The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
- De: Anthony Brandt
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of 19th-century British exploration. After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the 16th century: Find the fabled Northwest Passage, a shortcut to the Orient via a sea route over Northern Canada. For the next 35 years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route.
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They don't get any better than this
- De Christopher en 08-15-14
De: Anthony Brandt
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Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.
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Great adventure story
- De Elaine McCollough en 01-06-23
De: Buddy Levy
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Erebus
- One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
- De: Michael Palin
- Narrado por: Michael Palin
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.
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Fascinating survey of the intrepid polar explorers
- De Nick Blaha en 08-24-24
De: Michael Palin
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Icebound
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Andrea Pitzer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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In the best-selling tradition of Hampton Sides’ In the Kingdom of Ice, a “gripping adventure tale” (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explorer William Barents’ three harrowing Arctic expeditions - the last of which resulted in a relentlessly challenging year-long fight for survival.
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Great book - missing maps :(
- De Stephen en 01-20-21
De: Andrea Pitzer
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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Fatal North
- Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
- De: Bruce Henderson
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War - America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, and the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by 33 men, women, and children stranded on the polar ice.
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- De Barbara en 11-10-16
De: Bruce Henderson
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Wanderlust
- An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
- De: Reid Mitenbuler
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him. If Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything.
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Amazingly in-depth look at an amazing person.
- De Dave en 06-18-23
De: Reid Mitenbuler
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Ice Ghosts
- The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
- De: Paul Watson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845 - whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice - with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.
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Flawed Writing Dashes High Hopes :(
- De Gillian en 03-31-17
De: Paul Watson
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The Last Viking
- The Life of Roald Amundsen
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
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Outstanding.
- De Leon Miller en 12-01-15
De: Stephen R. Bown
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The White Darkness
- De: David Grann
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 2 h y 28 m
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Henry Worsley spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 19th-century polar explorer who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape and life-threatening physical exhaustion. He soon felt compelled to go back. In 2015, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone.
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- De Carol en 01-18-19
De: David Grann
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An Unsung Hero
- Tom Crean – Antarctic Survivor
- De: Michael Smith
- Narrado por: Gerry O'Brien
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both. But Tom Crean returned to Ireland and never spoke about his exploits, taking his incredible story to the grave - until the publication of An Unsung Hero, which unearthed his story and saw him rightfully placed amongst the annals of the great explorers.
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Excellent!
- De Laura Louise Bernadette en 04-05-24
De: Michael Smith
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The Lost Men
- The Horrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- De: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story of the Ross Sea party, the support crew he dispatched to the opposite side of the continent to build a vital lifeline of food and fuel depots.
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Just OK
- De Michael en 05-17-07
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Frozen in Time
- The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
- De: Owen Beattie, John Geiger
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to "penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America." And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn't come until 2014, when a team commissioned by the Canadian government uncovered one of the lost ships: Erebus.
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frozen in time
- De S.A. Rohr en 09-18-22
De: Owen Beattie, y otros
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River of Darkness
- Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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In 1541, the brutal conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his well-born lieutenant Francisco Orellana set off from Quito in search of La Canela, South America's rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, "the golden man". Driving an enormous retinue of mercenaries, enslaved natives, horses, hunting dogs, and other animals across the Andes, they watched their proud expedition begin to disintegrate even before they descended into the nightmarish jungle, following the course of a powerful river.
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Amazing!
- De Sammi en 02-17-18
De: Buddy Levy
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Batavia
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night. While Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert decides to take the longboat across 2,000 miles of open sea for help, his second-in-command Jeronimus Cornelisz takes over....
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
- De Todd en 02-07-13
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Sea of Glory
- America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his best-selling In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seen - the US Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842.
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A good solid voyage of discovery
- De Ken Sundermeyer en 06-18-05
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Alaska
- A Novel
- De: James A. Michener
- Narrado por: Larry McKeever
- Duración: 57 h y 17 m
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The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.
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I KNOW ALASKA LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 08-19-15
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Wretched and Precarious Situation
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- ThunderInTheSun
- 02-19-20
If you're the adventurous type.....
Then dive into the world of Artic exploration with its swelling blue seas and white-caps, it's massive blue-white icebergs, and it's expansive whiteness of nothingness. Yet, to the explorer, there is in that nothingness of white, everything. Those of us, myself included, who now live vicariously through books such as this, will not be disappointed in this Illyad-like adventure story which has it all. As in any good adventure story, this Artic exploration holds the promise of discovery, the certainty of danger, the brutality of death, the heart of romanticism, and the soul of a philosopher-poet. Such a tale told in an audio book is a real treat, especially if you have maps in front of you to help trace the path trod by these brave and daring men seemingly made of
the same grit, strength, and relentlessness as the northern-most terrain and weather. Beyond that, the narrator did a beyond superb job of telling the tale with a variety of a cast of characters mixed with passion and composure. Five stars across the board!!!
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- James E. Pfeffer
- 03-24-24
Unlike Job, They Volunteered
Biblical Job suffered misfortune enough to test anyone’s faith in God. As the title here declares, these brave explorers found their faith similarly challenged in the reality of Crockerland.
As long as the party pursues its polar goal, the book captivates and sweeps the reader along with the men. Alas, when Crockerland plays its seminal role in the story, the book still has several hours to go. The work continues to entertain then, but not as much because the balloon starts to leak.
The narrator is truly first class. The author does an excellent job with the material. The facts are what they are. He can’t change them. But he does wonderful work to tell them as vividly and compellingly as possible.
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- Kent Lanigan
- 01-10-18
Dry history
This was a very dry straight forward history. Partly because most arctic exploration is a story of hardship and disappointment and of course the shadow of shackleton’s shadow looms over all polar exploration. But still feel the story could have had more life. The narrators voice and tone were fine but his pronunciation of words like Inuit were miserable. The good news is a much great appreciation for Macmillan who is often under peary’s shadow. Would like to learn more about his adventures in the Bowdoin. My favorite thing of the book is learning that I can sign my name just like Macmillan with bowdoin ‘98 exactly 100 years between our graduations.
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- lisa kadison
- 06-23-23
another good Arctic expedition story
While not as exciting as The Endurance or The Man Who Ate his Boots, this still hit the spot for a good and inspiring adventure story. Well written with lots of details. good narration too
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- honestengine
- 06-25-23
massively detailed
Apparently deeply researched, the stories within the story develop coherently, and give a richness to the arctic exploration adventure. lots of the expected challenges arise, along with plenty of unusual twists. the author takes us all the way to the end of each man's story, which fills in some interesting details near the end. it's a long book, but that seemed fitting considering the time span involved. the reader kept the pace well, and felt personable.
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- Kat
- 01-30-18
it all comes together at the end
This was a pretty good, well-researched book. It has a lot of characters so that gets a little confusing as the book goes on. I'm glad to have finished it but I dont know if I got the most out of it, because the same events seem to happen a number of times and it is very easy to lose track of the narrative. That said, I found myself riveted to the last third of the book. (ok maybe the last quarter) since the list of characters was thinning out and made it a bit more simplified. I dont mean to imply the book is poorly written - it is a miraculously well-woven book and I can't imagine it having been done better while still including so. much. information. I do think, however, if it had been maybe two thirds the length, it could have been condensed to the most juicy & fascinating events and I would have finished it a lot faster. Then again it was written a lot more like a giant (sometimes dry) essay almost, so it seems clear the goal was more facts and backstory rather than being juicy and easy to read. I liked it a lot more once I finished it, because everything really wraps up nicely in the end.
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- enya keshet
- 08-04-18
Captivating!
I had some doubts choosing this book. What could be told that I had not heard before in North Pole excursion books. This book tells the human story of McMillan's expedition in an interesting, lively flow, never becoming repetitive or boring. A wonderful book.
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- Lance Klein
- 09-16-17
Outstanding book!
Fascinating story expertly woven together from first person accounts - a piece of forgotten history that needed to be uncovered.
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- Ginger 3701
- 08-24-20
Overrated.
I did indeed struggle to finish this highly overrated book. No detail was too small to include in this book. The story could have been told in 3 hours. At times I completely tuned out and when I picked it up again realised I had missed nothing. I wanted to demand it get to the point yet when it did I hardly was aware of it. Wish I had not wasted this credit. The narration wasn't THAT bad. He simply had a long, drawn out, boring, story to tell. Spend credits on " Endurance " and skip this sleeper.
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