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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition Narrative of the North Polar Expedition Davis, Charles Henry This narrative has been prepared from official papers and from journals of the officers and men of the Expedition, as well as from valuable private contributions acknowledged in the text. The thread … OL18130573W
Trial by ice Trial by ice Parry, Richard "An extraordinary real-life adventure of men battling the elements and themselves, told with ice-cold precision."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In the dark years following the Civil War, America's … OL1899959W
Afterlands Afterlands Steven Heighton The retrofitted U.S. Navy tugboat Polaris set out on an expedition for the North Pole in 1872. After getting stuck among ice floes off the coast of Greenland for months, its multinational crew of 25 … OL2353988W