{"product_id":"9781480493667","title":"Hell on Ice: The Saga of the Jeannette","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on a true story: the thrilling tale of a ship’s 1879 journey to explore the North Pole—and the crew’s desperate attempt to escape an Arctic ice pack.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the 1870s, newspaperman James Gordon Bennett of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e drummed up excitement and publicity for his paper through highly publicized missions of exploration. In 1879, Bennett’s idea for a voyage was his most audacious to date: the North Pole. To do this, he hired a team of naval veterans in addition to a smattering of civilians with specialized knowledge in meteorology, whaling, and naturalism. The men on board the \u003ci\u003eJeannette\u003c\/i\u003e set off in September of 1879. This would be the last time anyone saw them for two years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The product of devoted research into personal histories, memoirs, and classified congressional investigation records, \u003ci\u003eHell on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable document: a novelization of history, turning the horrible ordeal of the brave men of the \u003ci\u003eJeannette \u003c\/i\u003einto a riveting narrative. Written with a weathered seaman’s familiarity, the story brilliantly captures a most perilous voyage from the perspective of the ship’s chief engineer. The men of the \u003ci\u003eJeannette\u003c\/i\u003e endure months trapped in an Arctic ice pack, and then begin a desperate trek for home.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125501444336,"sku":"9781480493667","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480493667_p0.jpg?v=1769894128","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480493667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}