The Ice Master
Title | The Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Niven |
Publisher | New York : Hyperion |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | History |
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The doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk.
The Ice Master : the Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors
Title | The Ice Master : the Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Niven |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 2000 |
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The Ice Master
Title | The Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Niven |
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Pages | |
Release | 2000 |
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The Ice Master
Title | The Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | James Houston |
Publisher | M&S |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Arctic regions |
ISBN | 9780771042072 |
In the 1870s whaling was North America’s biggest business. Successful voyages south, to the warm waters of Melville’s great white whale, or north, to the Arctic, brought back ships laden with the whale oil that lit the lamps of the civilized world and the whalebone that stiffened its corsets. Many of the fortune seekers in this harsh trade lost their lives, while others became millionaires. In James Houston’s exciting new adventure novel it is the spring of 1875. Two ships set sail from Connecticut, traveling north together to the Baffin Island Arctic whaling grounds. One ship is captained by a hard-as-nails Yankee veteran, a man who knows how to deal with mutineers. The other falls to the command of a young Newfoundlander, an expert at sailing through ice fields in a wooden hull – an “Ice Master” – but inexperienced in the specialized, bloody trade of Arctic whaling. Fierce conflicts arise between the two men as they struggle for control during a year-long stay with whale-hunting Inuit at their base on the shores of Baffin Island, where the seamen and the local people find exciting ways of whiling away the long winter nights. To the drama of the whale hunts is added the dangers of dog-team trips inland, involving terrifying encounters with polar bears. At the whaling station further drama is added by a rivalry with a nearby group of Scottish whalers and an encounter with their dreaded missionary, and a feud with a local shaman, a woman possessed of uncanny powers. Then both ships face the long, creaking, perilously heavy-laden voyage back to New England with a fortune on board.
100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Ice Master
Title | 100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Kimber |
Publisher | Lennex |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2013-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9785458945561 |
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Pilgrims on the Ice
Title | Pilgrims on the Ice PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2008-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803216396 |
Robert Falcon Scott?s 1901?4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E. Peary. Scott?s initial expedition was also the first step toward the dramatic race to the South Pole in 1912, which resulted in the tragic deaths of Scott and his companions. Since then Scott?s reputation has vacillated between two extremes: Was he a martyred hero, the beau ideal of a brave and selfless explorer, or a bumbling fool whose mistakes killed him and his entire party?øPilgrims on the Ice goes beyond the personality of Scott to remove the first expedition from the shadow of the second, to study objectively its purpose, its composition, and its real accomplishments. This Bison Books edition includes a new preface by the author.
Vikings of the Ice
Title | Vikings of the Ice PDF eBook |
Author | George Allan England |
Publisher | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Sealing |
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