In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Author: Hampton Sides
17 hours, 31 minutes On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the voyage, the Jeannette’s hull was breached by an impassabl….Read More
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