In the Kingdom of Ice

In The Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Doubleday), 2014, is a nonfiction book written by the author and historian Hampton Sides. The book tells the true story of the 1879Ã¢ÂÂ1881 arctic voyage of the USS Jeannette and the crew's struggle to survive after having to abandon their ship in the polar ice.

Key figures

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.: Sports enthusiast, owner of the New York Herald newspaper and financier.
August Heinrich Petermann: German cartographer whose theory helped spawn the polar expedition.

Notable crew of the USS Jeannette

George W. De Long: Commander of the expedition and officer in the United States Navy.
Charles W. Chipp: Lieutenant in the United States Navy and De Long's second-in-command.
George W. Melville: Engineer, explorer, and officer in the United States Navy. Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
John Wilson Danenhower: Explorer and officer in the United States Navy.

Full officer & crew list

Notable reviews

Time; In The Kingdom of Ice' brings cold comfort.

The New York Times; Abandon Ship!

The Miami Herald; In the Kingdom of Ice' recreates a disastrous Arctic voyage.
USA Today; Crack into this harrowing 'Ice' survival tale.
The Christian Science Monitor; In the Kingdom of Ice' follows a disaster-ridden journey to the North Pole.

The Washington Post; Book review: Ã¢ÂÂIn the Kingdom of IceÃ¢ÂÂ.

The Los Angeles Times; Kingdom of Ice' uncovers a polar adventure frozen in time.
The Wall Street Journal; Book Review: 'In the Kingdom of Ice' by Hampton Sides.

Media

The Huffington Post; What Can a 19th Century Arctic Shipwreck Tell Us About the 21st Century's Most Wicked Problem?
The Diane Rehm Show; Hampton Sides: Ã¢ÂÂIn the Kingdom of IceÃ¢ÂÂ.
Weekend Edition (NPR); In 1879, Explorers Set Sail To Solve Arctic Mystery, Once And For All.
The Wall Street Journal; Why an 1879 Voyage Is a Time Machine for Climate Change.
Imus in the Morning; A survival story of polar exploration in the Gilded Age.

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