A review by pferdina
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

Adolphus Greely and 25 men sailed to Lady Franklin Bay in the Canadian arctic in 1881, built Fort Conger, achieved the Farthest North and the Farthest West, and relief ships failed to reach them for two years. At that point, Greely rounded up the men and started south, ending up stranded on a tiny piece of land for 8 months. They ran out of food eventually. Nineteen of the group died, one was executed for stealing food. Finally they were rescued in June 1884.