Ghosts of Cape Sabine
Subtitle: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Publisher: Backinprint.com
Published: October 18, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780595409693
First sentence: 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.