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Trial by Ice, The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

Trial by Ice, The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

by Richard Parry

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A definitive account of the 1871 Polaris expedition into the Arctic details the conflicts that threatened the journey from its inception, the mysterious death of expedition leader Charles Francis Hall, a veteran Arctic explorer, the disaster that destroyed the Polaris, the ordeal of its survivors, and the killer who got away with murder more than a century ago.  (ARC167, $14.00)


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