The impossible rescue : the true story of an amazing Arctic adventure /

In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska's coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sandler, Martin W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Bear (Ship) > Juvenile literature. Overland Relief Expedition > (1897-1898) > Juvenile literature. Overland Relief Expedition > (1897-1898) Whaling ships > Accidents > Alaska > Barrow, Point > Juvenile literature. Whaling > Alaska > Barrow, Point > History > Juvenile literature. Reindeer > Alaska > History > Juvenile literature. Rescues > Alaska > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature. Barrow, Point (Alaska) > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.

Table of Contents:

Stranded
An audacious plan
The long trek begins
An extraordinary encounter
Blizzards, reindeer and near disaster
A desperate request
Another agonizing decision
Bertholf battles the odds
A hazardous crossing
Dire news of the whalers
Contact
Jarvis takes charge
Voyage against time
Epilogue
What happened to them.