The Karluk's Last Voyage: An Epic of Death and Survival in the Arctic

by Robert A. Bartlett, Ralph Tracy Hale, Ralph T. Hale

Book Overview

"We did not all come back." Thus begins the rare firsthand account of the extraordinary ordeal of the Karluk, the flagship of explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Arctic expedition of 1913-1916. When ice trapped the Karluk, Stefansson abandoned Captain Robert A. Bartlett and the crew--eleven of whom perished--to their fate.

When the ice crushed the Karluk and sank her, Bartlett led the shipwrecked survivors safely to Wrangell Island. From there,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590774760
• ISBN13: 9781590774762
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.7"