In the Kingdom of Ice

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. ΓÇó ΓÇ£A splendid book in every wayΓǪa marvelous nonfiction thriller.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe Wall Street Journal On July 8,1879Captain 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 watersthey carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyagethe Jeannette’s hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack iceforcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours laterthe ship had sunk below the surfacemarooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberiawhere they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of icethe crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turnsIn The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.