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Fergus Fleming

Ninety Degrees North

The Quest For The North Pole

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In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the icy wastes failed or died. But after Sir John Franklin disappeared with all his men in 1845, serious efforts began to be made to find the true northernmost point of the globe. Fergus Fleming's book is a vivid, witty history of the disasters that ensued. The new explorers included Elisha Kane, a sickly man and useless commander, who led his team close to death in 1854, and Charles Hall, a printer from Ohio. Hall made the mistake of taking an experienced crew, who refused to commit… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-84708-543-6
  • EAN: 9781847085436
  • Produktnummer: 35943895
  • Verlag: Granta Publications
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 496 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


Fergus Fleming is a freelance writer living in London and Gloucestershire.

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