{"product_id":"2940169695915","title":"Farthest North: The Epic Adventure of a Visionary Explorer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1893 Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the \u003ci\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel north with the sea's drift. Experts said that such a ship couldn't be built and that the mission was tantamount to suicide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarthest North,\u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1897 to great popular appeal, is the stirring first-person account of the F\u003ci\u003eram\u003c\/i\u003e and her historic voyage. Nansen tells of his expedition's struggle against snowdrifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, gnawing hunger, and the seemingly endless polar night that transformed the \u003ci\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e into a \"cold prison of loneliness.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce it became clear that the \u003ci\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e could drift no farther, Nansen and crew member Hjalmar Johansen set out on a harrowing fifteen-month sledge journey to reach their destination by foot, which required them to share a sleeping bag of rotting reindeer fur and to feed the weaker sled dogs to the stronger ones. In the end, they traveled 146 miles farther north than any westerner had gone before, representing the greatest single gain in polar exploration in four centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarthest North\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story that marks the beginning of the modern age of exploration and is a must-read for the armchair adventurer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104544047344,"sku":"2940169695915","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169695915_p0.jpg?v=1769898788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169695915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}