Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

by Buddy Levy

Book Overview

National Outdoor Book Awards Winner

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.

In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250871638
• ISBN13: 9781250871633
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"