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In the kingdom of ice, the grand and terrible polar voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette, Hampton Sides

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In the kingdom of ice, the grand and terrible polar voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette, Hampton Sides
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In the kingdom of ice
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Hampton Sides
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the grand and terrible polar voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores
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