Fatal North Adventure Survival Abaord USS Polaris 1ST U S Expedition North Pole

by Henderson, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780451204134
• ISBN10: 0451204131
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Signet

Summary

Beginning as America's first attempt to reach the North Pole, an expedition ended with the captain's suspicious death, a brutal struggle for survival, and a government cover-up. This harrowing account of the 130-year old mystery of the "U.S.S. Polaris" presents information from transcripts of the Navy inquest, the ship's log, autopsy and forensic reports, and the personal papers of the captain and crew.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(12)
I. The Expedition
``North Star!''	13	(9)
A Ship and Her Crew	22	(15)
``Icebergs Dead Ahead!''	37	(13)
Destination: The Pole	50	(15)
II. Thank God Harbor
Providence Berg	65	(13)
``How Do You Spell Murder?''	78	(17)
A Change of Command	95	(7)
Stirring an Ice-Cold Grave	102	(20)
Land of Desolation	122	(13)
Journeys North	135	(16)
III. Ice Hell
Adrift in a Nightmare	151	(12)
Encampment on the Ice	163	(11)
Cry with Hunger	174	(13)
The Sun Rises	187	(10)
Terror and Beauty	197	(12)
Abandoning the Floe	209	(12)
In God's Hands	221	(15)
Hope of Rescue	236	(9)
IV. Inquiry and the Search
The Board Convenes	245	(22)
Return to the Arctic	267	(8)
Unanswered Questions	275	(20)
Cause of Death	295	(13)
Epilogue	308	(6)
Aftermath	314	(9)
Acknowledgments	323	(4)
Index	327