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    Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story
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    Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story

    By Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace

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    In the years following the Civil War, “Arctic fever” gripped the American public, fueled by myths of a fertile, tropical sea at the top of the world. Several explorers attempted to find a route to the North Pole, but none succeeded. Bound by Ice follows the journey of George Washington De Long and the crew of the USSJeannette, who departed San Francisco in the summer of 1879 hoping to find a route to the North Pole. However, in mid-September the ship became locked in ice north of Siberia and drifted for nearly two years before it was crushed by ice and sank. De Long and his men escaped the ship and began a treacherous journey in extreme polar conditions in an attempt to reach civilization. Many—including De Long—did not survive. A riveting true-life adventure, Bound by Ice includes excerpts from De Long’s extensive journals, which were recovered with his body; newspapers from the time; and photos and sketches by the men on the expedition. The title also includes an epilogue, author’s note, bibliography, source notes, and index.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCalkins Creek
    Release dateSep 19, 2017
    ISBN9781629799155
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      Brevity is the soul of... being able to get to the end of a lot of books.The text of this book is only 170 pages, and the type is large and the book full of white space and illustrations. If it were set at a proper size and made continuous, I'd guess it would be only 80-100 pages long. Keep that in mind as you consider whether to read it.But consider, too, that the Jeanette's story, while it lasted two years or so, was spent mostly just sitting around -- waiting for the expedition to the Arctic to be organized, then going to the ice, then getting stuck for endless dreary months. Then the ice destroyed the ship, and the survivors made a desperate run to Siberia to try to survive. Most of them failed to do so; they broke up into three parties, one of which disappeared (probably at sea) and another of which, including expedition commander George de Long, made it to shore but landed so far from anywhere that all but two men died of starvation.It's tragic, and it's harsh -- and most of the time was spent just sitting on the ice waiting for something to happen. There were events in that time, but they don't really affect the story. I've read one other book on the Jeanette, Leonard F. Guttridge's Icebound, which tries to cover that time of inactivity, and it's interminable. This book, in that sense, doesn't give you a feeling what it was like to be on the expedition, but it gives you most of what you need to know.It's not a perfect book. For instance, it says that Robert Peary made the North Pole, and as everyone who seriously studies the matter knows, he didn't -- he just lied about it. It would have been nice to know a little more about the aftermath -- we only get a sentence or two on the further career of the survivors, and nothing about de Long's beloved little daughter Sylvie. The maps really need work. But these are nitpicks. If you want a good overview of one of the (many, many) tragedies of arctic exploration, this is a great place to start. You can get on to the detailed discussions later.