![]() ![]() With the help of journal entries and photographs taken by one of the rescuers, Martin W. ![]() The mission: a perilous trek over 1,500 miles of nearly impassable Alaskan terrain, in the bone-chilling months of winter, to secure two herds of reindeer (for food) and find a way to guide them to the whalers before they starved. Here is the incredible story of three men sent by President McKinley to rescue them. ![]() VOYA Sandler perfectly presented the astonishing story of a journey against all odds into an amenable read. In Sandler’s words, history becomes adventure, with real-life heroes, dangers, and mishaps. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of escape, the whalers had limited provisions on board and little hope of surviving the many months until warmer temperatures arrived. Maps trace the progress of the rescue mission, illustrating the unimaginable distance along the treacherous coast of present-day Alaska. And that particular year winter blasted in early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska's coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. Follow three rescuers in a race against time and all odds in this heart-pounding true adventure. Whaling ships full of men, stranded in ice. ![]()
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