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The Karluk's Last Voyage: An Epic of Death and Survival in the Arctic

By Capt. Robert A. Bartlett

Book information

Publisher
M. Evans & Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9781590774779, 9781590774762
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3187449 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-28 06:05:38
BIO023000Biography & AutobiographyHIS046000HIS051000HistoryNonfiction

Description

"We did not all come back." Thus begins the rare firsthand account of the extraordinary ordeal of the Karluk, the flagship of explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Arctic expedition of 1913-1916. When ice trapped the Karluk, Stefansson abandoned Captain Robert A. Bartlett and the crew—eleven of whom perished—to their fate. When the ice crushed the Karluk and sank her, Bartlett led the shipwrecked survivors safely to Wrangell Island. From there, with one Inuit companion, he journeyed across 700 miles of frozen seas and Siberian wilderness to return with rescuers. It is a feat that rivals Shackleton's own celebrated efforts to seek for the crew of the Endurance.

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