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Race to the Polar Sea : The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane by Kenneth McGoogan is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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In the mid-1800s, geographers revived the ancient idea that at the top of the world, encircling the North Pole, lay a temperate Open Polar Sea. Without doubt, the voyager who discovered this balmy basin would etch his name forever in the annals of exploration. Among those drawn to the challenge was Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, a handsome, charismatic figure from a leading Philadelphia family who was already a well-known adventurer and explorer. In 1853, Kane sailed to the Arctic to seek both the Open Polar Sea and the lost British explorer John Franklin. After sailing farther north than anyone yet, Kane and his men became trapped in the ice. Besides treacherous icebergs and violent currents, Kane battled starvation, disease, and a near mutiny before abandoning ship to lead a desperate escape in sleds and small boats. Race to the Polar Sea tells this story in heart-pounding detail. Drawing on documents never before seen, author Ken McGoogan brings to life a heroic figure famous in his day as Americas greatest explorer and celebrates a shining example of American courage and survival.

Who reads Race to the Polar Sea : The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane?

Author

Kenneth McGoogan

Publisher

Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781582434407

Category

biography

Subjects

Adventure, Fiction, Anthropology

Rating

3.7 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14