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Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition Trade paperback - 2000

by Guttridge, Leonard F

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New York: Berkley Books, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2000 Trade Paperback. xiv, 354 pp. "The ill-fated 1881 effort to establish an American fort in the Arctic is chronicled in full detail, covering the terrible saga of starvation, mutiny, suicide, shipwreck, execution, and cannibalism that destroyed nineteen of the original twenty-five explorers.
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ON 10 JULY, 1881, overloaded with a detachment of seasick American soldiers and a cargo ranging from 200 scientific instruments to 2,000 pounds of canned potatoes, the Proteus, which had left St. John's harbor only forty-eight hours before, was suddenly battered by heavy seas.

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