{"product_id":"9780802197535","title":"Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eBarrow’s Boys\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look at the exploration of the Arctic in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of the Year by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the nineteenth century, theories about the North Pole ran rampant. Was it an open sea? Was it a portal to new worlds within the globe? Or was it just a wilderness of ice? When Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1845, explorers decided it was time to find out.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In scintillating detail, \u003ci\u003eNinety Degrees North\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the vying governments (including the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Austria-Hungary) and fantastic eccentrics (from Swedish balloonists to Italian aristocrats) who, despite their heroic failures, often achieved massive celebrity as they battled shipwreck, starvation, and sickness to reach the top of the world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on unpublished archives and long-forgotten journals, Fergus Fleming recounts this riveting saga of humankind’s search for the ultimate goal with consummate craftsmanship and wit.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Barely a page goes by without the loss of a crew member or a body part . . . Fleming [is] a marvelous teller of tales—and a superb thumbnail biographer.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A fable of men driven to extremes by the lust for knowledge as epic as a Greek myth.” —\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118501347568,"sku":"9780802197535","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802197535_p0.jpg?v=1763738320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802197535","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}