Hell on Ice, first published in 1938, is the tragic story of the ill-fated ship, Jeannette, and her attempt to reach the North Pole via the Bering Sea in 1879.
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Author Edward Ellsberg (1891-1983) served with distinction in the U.
Melville, the book recounts the crew\'s punishing ordeal as the Jeannette becomes trapped for months in the Arctic ice and the crew are forced to make their way overland in a desperate attempt to reach civilization before hunger and exhaustion overtake them.
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Written in novel form and narrated by the expedition\'s chief engineer, G.
Hell on Ice, first published in 1938, is the tragic story of the ill-fated ship, Jeannette, and her attempt to reach the North Pole via the Bering Sea in 1879
