Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Leonard F. Guttridge
368 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0425176541
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Language: English
Publish: November 1, 2000
AdventureAmerican HistoryBiographyCanadaHistoricalHistoryMaritimeNonfictionSurvival
The ill-fated 1881 effort to establish an American fort in the Arctic is chronicled in full detail, covering the terrible saga of starvation, mutiny, suicide, shipwreck, execution, and cannibalism that destroyed nineteen of the original twenty-five explorers. Reprint.