The arctic grail by pierre berton5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They include Charles Hall, an obscure printer who abandoned family and business to head to a frozen world of which he knew nothing John Ross, whose naval career ended when he spotted a range of mountains that didn't exist Frederick Cook, who faked reaching the North Pole and Jane Franklin, who forced an expensive search for her missing husband upon a reluctant British government. These quests are peopled with remarkable figures full of passion and eccentricity. He also credits the Inuit, whose tracking and hunting skills saved the lives of the adventurers and their men countless times. Pierre Berton's #1 best-selling book brings to life the great explorers: the pious and ambitious Edward Parry, the flawed hero John Franklin, ruthless Robert Peary and the cool Norwegian Roald Amundsen. ![]() Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific and the international race to reach the North Pole. ![]()
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