| Description |
viii, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, photographs ; 25 cm |
| Local Note |
rw |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book 1 -- The Tenderfeet -- The Best Year -- "I Wish I Were There Now" -- Commander Borup? -- A Fine Fellow -- The Boys -- Goodbye -- A True Leader -- Blocked -- Home -- Arctic Living -- Reaching Out -- The Evil Spirit -- Slaughter Ground -- On the Ice -- Pujoq -- Crocker Land -- -- Panic -- Sundown -- Mail -- The World Beyond -- Disintegration -- In a Pickel -- Flight -- Discovery and Disappointment -- Waiting -- Reunion and Separation -- Off the Map -- Last Days -- No Hero's Welcome -- Endings. |
| Summary |
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 H. G. 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. |
| Subject |
MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
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Borup, George, 1885-1912.
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Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)
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| Subject(S) |
History -- Polar regions.
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History -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
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| ISBN |
9780393254419 (hardcover) |
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0393254410 (hardcover) |
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