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The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk Paperback - 2001

by Jennifer Niven

Based on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, this is the chilling true story of the "Karluk's" doomed 1913 exploration of the Arctic and the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot through Siberia to find help. Now in paperback, this is one of "Entertainment Weekly's" 10 Best Books of the Year.


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The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the castaways had no choice but to find solid ground as they struggled against starvation, snow blindness, disease, exposure--and each other. After almost twelve months battling the elements, twelve survivors were rescued, thanks to the heroic efforts of their captain, Bartlett, the Ice Master, who traveled by foot across the ice and through Siberia to find help. Drawing on the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, Jennifer Niven re-creates with astonishing accuracy the ill-fated journey and the crews desperate attempts to find a way home.

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The island was a no-man's-land, little more than a mountainous slab of rock high above the Arctic Circle.

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  • Title The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
  • Author Jennifer Niven
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, New York
  • Date 2001-10-10
  • ISBN 9780786884469 / 0786884460
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.07 x 5.17 x 1.08 in (20.50 x 13.13 x 2.74 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
  • Library of Congress subjects Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, Karluk (Ship)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00061414
  • Dewey Decimal Code 919.804

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2001, Page 189
  • Entertainment Weekly, 11/23/2001, Page 73
  • New York Review of Books, 08/09/2001, Page 14

About the author

Jennifer Niven's first book, The Ice Master, was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly and was selected for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers program. The book, which has been translated into nine languages, has been featured in such publications as Newsweek, the New York Times, Glamour, the Washington Post, Outside, and Writer's Digest, and was the subject of full-length documentaries on Dateline NBC and the Discovery Channel. For more information, visit www.jenniferniven.com.
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