Fatal north
Subtitle: adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole
By: Bruce Henderson.
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871 -- Travel.; Explorers -- United States -- Biography.; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. The Expedition; title: 1. "North Star!"; title: 2. A Ship and Her Crew; title: 3. "Icebergs Dead Ahead!"; title: 4. Destination: The Pole; title: II. Thank God Harbor; title: 5. Providence Berg; title: 6. "How Do You Spell Murder?"; title: 7. A Change of Command; title: 8. Stirring an Ice-Cold Grave; title: 9. Land of Desolation; title: 10. Journeys North; title: III. Ice Hell; title: 11. Adrift in a Nightmare; title: 12. Encampment on the Ice; title: 13. Cry with Hunger; title: 14. The Sun Rises; title: 15. Terror and Beauty; title: 16. Abandoning the Floe; title: 17. In God's Hands; title: 18. Hope of Rescue; title: IV. Inquiry and the Search; title: 19. The Board Convenes; title: 20. Return to the Arctic; title: 21. Unanswered Questions; title: 22. Cause of Death.