Pierre Berton, who won his first Governor General's award for The Mysterious North, here again gives us an important and fascinating history that reads like a novel as he examines the historic events of the golden age of Arctic exploration.'-, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED -GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// -sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)- Size: 6.5w x 9.75h Inches. They include Charles Hall, an obscure printer who abandoned family and business to head to a frozen world of which he knew nothing John Ross, whose naval career ended when he spotted a range of mountains that didn't exist Frederick Cook, who faked reaching the North Pole and Jane Franklin, who forced an expensive search for her missing husband upon a reluctant British government.

These quests are peopled with remarkable figures full of passion and eccentricity. He also credits the Inuit, whose tracking and hunting skills saved the lives of the adventurers and their men countless times. Pierre Berton's #1 best-selling book brings to life the great explorers: the pious and ambitious Edward Parry, the flawed hero John Franklin, ruthless Robert Peary and the cool Norwegian Roald Amundsen. The end of the quest AFTERWORD: The chart of immortality Author's Note Chronology Bibliography Index -'Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific and the international race to reach the North Pole. (6 X 9, 672 pages, b&w photos, maps, illustrations) Read more.

'A French officer will never hang back' 3. As much about the explorers who braved impossible odds as it is about each expedition, Arctic Grail is an epic account of the Golden Age of Exploration at the top of the world. hardcover, a Near Fine example, one page has a turned corner, a bit of age toning to the outer edges of the text block, gift inscription, in a Very Good+ dustjacket with the usual rubbing to the silver lettering on the front panel, signed without inscription by BERTON in the year of publication, -617 pages, b&w illustrations, contents include: ONE: 1. Walter Steffoff Cover Design (illustrator). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ (see description).

The arctic grail by pierre berton