In the kingdom of ice the grand and terrible polar voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette
(CD Book)

Unabridged.

Compact disc.

Title from disc surface.

Reading by Arthur Morey.

In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores.