Arthur Morey
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 454 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimile, map, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Peterman, New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.