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This is the complete saga of the pursuit for two of the world's greatest geographical prizes--the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the North Pole. <p>Culled from extensive research of handwritten diaries and private journals, <i>The Arctic Grail</i> is the definitive book on the age of arctic exploration and adventure.</p> <p>Journey across the ice with a Who's Who of polar explorers, men of every temperament, including the pious and ambitious Edward Perry, the first explorer to probe deep into the Arctic labyrinth; Adolphus Greely, a Civil War veteran who had to watch his men starve to death on Ellesmere Island; Robert McClure, who claimed that he was the first to find the fabled Northwest Passage; and the flawed hero John Franklin, a meek naval officer whose expeditions were responsible for the deaths of more men than those of any other Arctic explorer. Travel with the adventurer Roald Amundsen, the cool Norwegian who completed a voyage in a tiny sloop that the British Navy failed to accomplish with its great three-masted ships; Frederick Cook, who lied about reaching the North Pole; and finally, the ruthless and paranoid Robert Peary, who claimed to have r

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Author

Pierre Berton

Publisher

McClelland and Stewart

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780771012662

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Management

Rating

4.32 / 5 (374 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14