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Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
"On a misty morning in late April 1873, the Tigress, a steam barkentine out of Conception Bay, Newfoundland, was pushing through the loose floes and bergs off the coast of Labrador, heading for the seasonal seal-hunting grounds."
Instead of seals, they found nineteen people stranded on an ice floe for seven months, from the lost ship Polaris. Why people want to go exploring in the polar regions, particularly in this era before electric lights and any method of communicating, is baffling to me.
3 comments:
I agree. I would not go exploring where it is that cold.
Is this nonfiction, historical fiction, or a completely made-up story? Regardless, it sounds fascinating. I can't imagine being stranded on an ice floe for seven months! Brrrr.
My Friday post features A DARK & STORMY KNIGHT.
I agree. I don't understand arctic explorations at all. Sounds like an interesting read though.
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