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    Category Arctic;
    Author Ellsberg, Commander Edward
    Title HELL ON ICE: THE SAGA OF THE "JEANNETTE".
    Publishing Information London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1938.
    Description 1st UK Edition; ix, 363 pages plus epilogue and Publishers comments, end paper maps. Original covers, in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket, remnants of sticker verso front end paper. Shelf wear, spotting to prelims and page edges and margins. In 1876, James Gordon Bennett Jr., owner of the New York Herald bought the barque-rigged steamship "Jeannette" for the purpose of getting to the North Pole. In June 1879 the ship, under command of Captain DeLong, departed San Francisco on what was to become one of the most tragic and heroic expeditions in Arctic exploration.
    Price £8.50
    Keywords qpolarq S1-Arc
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