Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane
Author(s):
McGoogan, Ken
Copyright: 2008, US
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, 41 photos/illus, 2 maps, illus eps, blue/white cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new
Drawing on manuscripts which have been lost for 150 years, McGoogan tells the story of Kane’s search for Sir John Franklin. Having failed to find Franklin, Kane led his team 1300 miles in 83 days, traveling by sledge and dogsled, then in small open boats.