num_pages: 337
description: An in-depth account of the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole describes a mission that ended in the suspicious death of its leader, Charles Hall, and a desperate struggle for survival on the polar ice, drawing on original Navy inquests into the disaster, autopsy and forensic reports, personal journals, the ship's original log, and more. Reprint.
language: English
title: Fatal North: Adventure and Survival Aboard USS Polaris, the First U.S. Expedition to the North Pole
titlecomplete: Fatal North: Adventure and Survival Aboard USS Polaris, the First U.S. Expedition to the North Pole
genres: Historical, Adventure, Maritime, Mystery, Nonfiction, Survival, History, Travel, Crime, True Crime
ratings_count: 982
places: North Pole,  Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Baffin Bay
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Signet