Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1250274443 ISBN13: 9781250274441 Release Date: December 2022 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Length: 432 Pages Weight: 1.53 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.5" National Outdoor Book Awards Winner The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame.Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on