As much about the explorers who braved impossible odds as it is about each expedition, Arctic Grail is an epic account of the Golden Age of Exploration at the top of the world.
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 reached the North Pole in 1909. Pierre Berton has written an absorbing chronicle of the obsession the 19th century civilized () world had with the North Pole and the Northwest Passage. 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. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 Paperback Decemby Pierre Berton (Author) 94 ratings Hardcover 33.11 26 Used from 1.46 2 New from 29.63 Paperback 6.22 21 Used from 2. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818. The Arctic grail : the quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 by Berton, Pierre, 1920-Publication date 1988 Topics Northwest Passage., North Pole. Culled from extensive research of handwritten diaries and private journals, Arctic Grail is the definitive book on the age of arctic exploration and adventure. Shop the latest titles by Pierre Berton at Alibris including hardcovers.
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