Ghosts of Cape Sabine
Subtitle: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: November 7, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780425176542
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.