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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition - U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding (Paperback)
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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition - U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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Charles Hall (1821-71) was neither seaman nor navigator, but by
1871 he had made two Arctic expeditions as a result of his
fascination with the failed expedition of Franklin. With a grant
from Congress, his Polaris voyage aimed to be the first U.S.
expedition to the North Pole. Desertion, drunkenness, and
disagreements beset the venture from the start, and by the time
Hall reached the furthest northern point yet attained by an Arctic
explorer, crew discipline had broken down completely. Using
official papers and crew journals, this 1876 work by C. H. Davis
for the U.S. Navy recounts Hall's sudden death (after accusing his
crew of poisoning him), the failed attempt to reach the Pole, and
the abandonment of half the crew left drifting for 2500 kilometres
on an ice floe. With the mystery of Hall's death and the story of
the crew's survival, this is an epic tale of human endurance.
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